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• The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.

  George Washington

  Fate, Army, Conquer

  1776 General orders, 2 Jul. Quoted in J C Fitzpatrick (ed) Writings of George Washington (1932), vol.5.

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• Spiritual growth depends on two things: first a willingness to live according to the Word of God; second, a willingness to take whatever consequences emerge as a result.

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Spiritual, Two, Growth

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• There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being just as unsuccessful near home.

  Mark Twain

  Home, Lakes, Sea

  Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.2339, GENERAL PRESS

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• The price of ability does not depend on merit but on supply and demand.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Doe, Demand

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• There is a form of eminence which does not depend on fate; it is an air which sets us apart and seems to prtend great things; it is the value which we unconsciously attach to ourselves; it is the quality which wins us deference of others; more than birth, position, or ability, it gives us ascendance.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Life, Success, Fate

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• People today have forgotten they're really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better... They don't know it, but they're losing nature. They don't see that they're going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.

  Akira Kurosawa

  Thinking, Air, People

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• I don't believe in anything, yet I believe emphatically in almost everything. It all depends on what seems appropriate at the time.

  Frederick Lenz

  Believe, Rama, Appropriate

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• Avoiding any of the tenets of amateurism, after all, certainly does not make you a good professional. Perhaps it is better to see fearless flair and professional steeliness as two ideas which must always coexist. One half of sport may be about harnessing human talent, but the other half depends on setting it free.

  Edward Smith

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• You can get some spiked up greens even with no metal spikes, it just depends.

  Bernhard Langer

  Sports, Metals

  Interview, www.rydercup.com. September 14, 2004.

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• I listen to everything from, you know, Buddha Bar groove music to international music, Italian music, like Eros. I like very sexy, funky music like Maxwell, Angie Stone, R&B...In my CD player, I've probably got Maxwell, Beyonce, Enrique Iglesias, and kid music...maybe some AC/DC. I mean a little bit of everything. It depends on what I'm doing.

  Brooke Burke

  Sexy, Mean, Kids

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• The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal, but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is to lead them to servitude or freedom, to knowledge or barbarism, to prosperity or wretchedness.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Wisdom, Men, Principles

  Alexis de Tocqueville (1863). “Democracy in America”, p.412

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• Your ability to use mind whatever way you choose is outrageous. Much will depend upon how intensely you approach the study and the state of mind in which you begin.

  Frederick Lenz

  Mind, Use, Way

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• A prison is confining to the body, but whether it affects the mind, depends entirely upon the mind.

  Clarence Darrow

  Mind, Atheism, Body

  Clarence Darrow (1995). “Why I Am an Agnostic and Other Essays”

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• Morality does not depend on religion.

  John Ruskin

  Atheism, Doe, Morality

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• Theism, as a way of conceiving God, has become demonstrably inadequate, and the God of theism not only is dying but is probably not revivable. If the religion of the future depends on keeping alive the definitions of theism, then the human phenomenon that we call religion will have come to an end. If Christianity depends on a theistic definition of God, then we must face the fact that we are watching this noble religious system enter the rigor mortis of its own death throes.

  John Shelby Spong

  Religious, Rigor Mortis, Dying

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• Our long-term security depends on our deep faith in liberty. And we'll continue to promote freedom around the world.

  George W. Bush

  Long, Liberty, World

  "How can the U.S. remain competitive?". Debate at Washington University, www.cnn.com. October 8, 2004.

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• Trying to tart the rock business up a bit is getting nearer to what the kids themselves are like, because what I find, if you want to talk in the terms of rock, a lot depends on sensationalism and the kids are a lot more sensational than the stars themselves.

  David Bowie

  Stars, Kids, Rocks

  David Bowie (2016). “David Bowie: The Last Interview”, p.47, Melville House

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• [Scottish songs] are, I own, frequently wild, & unreduceable to the more modern rules; but on that very eccentricity, perhaps, depends a great part of their effect.

  Robert Burns

  Song, Scottish, Modern

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• the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or in peril.

  Sun Tzu

  Army, Fate, Men

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.11, Lulu.com

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• The validity of a tax depends upon its nature, and not upon its name.

  Benjamin Cardozo

  Names, Taxes, Validity

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• However capable and skillful an individual may be, left alone, he or she will not survive. When we are sick or very young or very old, we must depend on the support of others. There is no significant division between us and other people, because our basic natures are the same. If we wish to ensure everyone's peace and happiness, we need to cultivate a healthy respect for the diversity of our peoples and cultures, founded on an understanding of this fundamental sameness of all human beings.

  Dalai Lama

  Sick, Diversity, People

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• Love is free; it does not depend on the desirability of its object, but loves for love's sake.

  Thomas Merton

  Love Is, Doe, Sake

  Thomas Merton (1974). “A Thomas Merton Reader”, Image

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• A man's value to the community primarily depends on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Community, Feelings

  Albert Einstein (2011). “The World As I See It”, p.17, Open Road Media

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• At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul - HOPE

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Soul, Elements, Absence

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• The way you remember the past depends upon your hope for the future.

  Story Musgrave

  Past, Way, Remember

  "NASA Distinguished Service Medal". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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