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• Will you stand by it now, or will you let the Shylocks come and have their way? It is for you to determine.

  Richard P. Bland

  Way, Shylock

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• Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

  Ben Hecht

  Time, Business, Reading

  Ben Hecht (1954). “A child of the century”, Signet

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• Its very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know how to relate to the world.

  Angelo Scola

  Church, Doe, World

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• I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in different kinds of sites and contexts which determine what it means and looks like.

  Barbara Kruger

  Mean, Artist, Different

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• The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Business, Needs, Decision Making

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• It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply.

  Howard Staunton

  Law, Umpires, Judgment

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• If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.

  Patrick J. Kennedy

  People, Tragedy, Way

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• Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Determination, Recovery

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.197, Library of America

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• The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.

  Tavis Smiley

  Choices, Legacy, Kind

  "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates". Book by Wes Moore, April 27, 2010.

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• When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued.

  Julia Margaret Cameron

  Creativity, Power, Misplaced

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• Society may predict, but only I can determine my destiny.

  Clare Oliver

  Motivational, Graduation, Destiny

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• To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.

  John Locke

  Love, Pregnancy, Might

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• Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.

  James Lane Allen

  Men, Circumstances

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• Goals determine what you're going to be.

  Julius Erving

  Inspirational, Basketball, Determination

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• The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight.

  Federica Montseny

  Fighting, People, Rhythm

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• Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken.

  Alan Dundes

  Taken, Past, Trying

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• It only takes five people in black robes to determine such crucial issues for our country as abortion, pornography, same-sex 'marriage,' and religious liberties.

  Richard Land

  Country, Religious, Sex

  "Christian Conservatives Urge Supporters to Call for Roberts Confirmation" by Pauline J. Chang, www.christianpost.com. September 20, 2005.

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• Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century.

  Wellington Mara

  Taken, Century, Human Life

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• Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.

  Abdus Salam

  Race, Generosity, Nobel

  Abdus Salam, C. H. Lai, Azim Kidwai (1989). “Ideals and Realities: Selected Essays of Abdus Salam”, p.374, World Scientific

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• But I think it's up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn't be up to the government.

  Tony Campolo

  Blessed, Thinking, Government

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• All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one wishes to define computation will determine your view of what computation consists of.

  Seth Lloyd

  Views, Wish, Information

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• The success of our economy shouldn't determine the success of our schools

  Bob Riley

  School, Economy

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• Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Food, Cooking, Bread

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.43, 谷月社

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• As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.

  Jack Kevorkian

  Doctors, Data, Wish

  "Years of Minutes: The Best of Rooney from 60 Minutes". Book by Andy Rooney, 2004.

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• At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point.

  Roh Moo-hyun

  Destiny, Today, Threshold

  "Roh Moo-Hyun's Inauguration Speech". news.bbc.co.uk. February 25, 2003.

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