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As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only rarely.
Before I could become a military officer or a Member of Congress, I was required to do one thing: Take an oath to the Constitution.
I entered the work force cleaning breast pumps at a pharmacy! It was a part-time gig while I was at school... no interview required.
Legally, many contractors are required to pay a prevailing wage. However, bad actors often find ways to get around this requirement.
Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.
No, I don't think it is required for casting directors to be actors too. My mentor Gautam Kishanchandani cannot act to save his life!
My basic food mantra is small portions, no water during the meal and the capacity to say no to an extra helping if it's not required.
Homelessness is the actor's fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to.
In the Senate, where 60 votes are required to do anything important, you have to work with your colleagues on both sides of the aisle.
Sight gags had to be planned; they required timing and mechanics. Occasionally, spontaneity would arise in the shooting of the scenes.
Limited partnerships are required to amend their filings whenever important changes, such as the admission of new partners, take place.
Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and use them as required.
Life for me in Los Angeles required medication. I spent nine years being sad and down in the dumps. L.A. doesn't work with my chemistry.
I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.
People would like better batteries but they are wary of making investments. What is required is both a technology push and a market pull.
The fundamental character of our faith means an extensive diversity is required not only within local community, but between communities.
I didn't really think about becoming a professional artist until high school, when I realized that everything else required too much math.
When something is written for you or handed to you, sometimes there's a very interesting dance as you discover what it is that's required.
The only thing I didn't like as a kid was I was required to do a minimum of 3 hours of schoolwork every day, and there was a tutor on set.
Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press.
I do want my films to have the required entertainment quotient, but I'd prefer doing films where you don't have to leave your brains behind.
Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.
I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No pushover, me.
Bromates are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, but officials are required to test for them only when water leaves a treatment plant.
When I was cast as Gendry, I didn't have any of the physical attributes the part required. I was astounded that I got the role, to be honest.
No evidence compels the conclusion that the minimum required intake of any vitamin comes close to the optimum intake that sustains good health.
My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater.
A country like America has twice as much food on its shop shelves and in its restaurants than is actually required to feed the American people.
I don't like overacting or putting in way too much in a role when it is not required. It takes away the natural performance which you can give.
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.
It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.
Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.
I know people have always seen me in very fitted clothes because that is required and so is done, but personally, I like the deconstructed look.
What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.
As all Members of Parliament know, the ease and flow of making a speech outside the House is not at all the same as that required in the Chamber.
Intent to harm America is not required to make the mishandling of information criminal - it simply requires that the actor was grossly negligent.
It's unnecessary for elected officials to release their taxes because they are already required by law to submit a personal financial disclosure.
Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler and wave.
We have no right to poison, to eat up, to chew, to pollute this wonderful country of ours. We are required to save it and purify it and protect it.
Somehow I had a lot of the skills that I didn't know were required for directing. I didn't realize that my life had been leading in that direction.
Humans are something very different from animals, and the numbers required to get cloning to work in animals are completely prohibitory with humans.
I despise lackadaisical behavior when it comes to our music. I mean, this is heavy metal music. You must be involved. You're required to be involved.
The best American manufacturers customize products to meet customer needs, reduce the time required to make them and constantly improve their design.
I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun.
It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format.
I didn't want kabobs, Afghan music, and rules that required girls to be carefully monitored. I wanted mac and cheese, country music, and independence.
As prime minister of Iraq, I am required to act in accordance with the Constitution to protect all of the Iraqi people and to keep our country united.
It's a required part of your film history to know who Woody is. His movies are so wonderful, and not just funny but so insightful about human behavior.
I've been to Oculus a few times to do book signings and things there, and they tell me 'Ready Player One' is, like, required reading for new employees.
BlackBerry required tethering for some routine operations, and for many, the only way to integrate corporate mail was to keep a PC running all the time.