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• Only those who would be called upon to risk their lives for their country should have the privilege of voting to determine whether the nation should go to war.

  Smedley Butler

  Country, War, Should Have

  Smedley Butler, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell (2015). “War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading”, p.65, The Forlorn Press

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• The things you do today that you don't have to do will determine who, what, and where you will be when it is too late to do anything about the things you should have done.

  Helen Keller

  Should Have, Too Late, Done

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• I feel good, and the way I determine it is through my workout. I work so hard in the offseason that if I'm able to do everything I have to, I figure I must be healthy.

  Nomar Garciaparra

  Workout, Feel Good, Healthy

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• I really enjoy a variety of different work, and what I've just done may sometimes determine what I choose to do next.

  Guy Pearce

  Different, Done, May

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I have to determine whether the joy of craplets is worth preserving.

  Howard Stringer

  Joy

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• The really critical thing isn't who's sitting in he White House, but who is sitting in the streets, in the cafeterias, in the halls of government, in the factories. Who is protesting, who is occupying offices and demonstrating ? - those are the things that determine what happens.

  Howard Zinn

  Government, White, Office

  Alan Maass, Howard Zinn (2010). “The Case for Socialism”, p.103, Haymarket Books

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• It's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art.

  Bill Watterson

  Art, Expression, Perception

  Bill Watterson (1996). “The Calvin & Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book”

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• There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history.

  William Halsey

  Men, Outcomes, Circumstances

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• [Y]ou cannot determine either the truth or the right or wrong of anything with a poll. You can only tabulate people's opinions.

  Charley Reese

  People, Opinion, Polls

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• It's not what we do once in a while that counts, but our habitual actions. What ultimately determines who we become and where we go in life are our decisions. These decisions shape our destiny.

  Tony Robbins

  Destiny, Decision, Shapes

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• In America, your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education.

  Arne Duncan

  America, Quality, Zips

  FaceBook post by Secretary Arne Duncan from Nov 16, 2012

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• I am convinced that the attitude we cultivate in advance may well determine how suffering will affect us when it does strike.

  Paul Brand

  Attitude, Suffering, Doe

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• What we think about God-what we think God is like-will determine the relationship we have with God.

  James Bryan Smith

  Thinking

  James Bryan Smith (2010). “The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows”, p.88, InterVarsity Press

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• The nature of our motivation determines the character of our work.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivation, Character

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• Where you live determines what you see. The people you listen to influence what you hear.

  Mary Jo Leddy

  People, Where You Live, Influence

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• An effective goal focuses primarily on results rather than activity. It identifies where you want to be, and, in the process, helps you determine where you are. It gives you important information on how to get there, and it tells you when you have arrived. It unifies your efforts and energy. It gives meaning and purpose to all you do.

  Stephen Covey

  Giving, Goal, Effort

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.159, Simon and Schuster

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• Our philosophy about activity and our attitude about hard work will affect the quality of our lives. What we decide about the rightful ratio of labor to rest will establish a certain work ethic. That work ethic - our attitude about the amount of labor we are willing to commit to future fortune - will determine how substantial or how meager that fortune turns out to be.

  Jim Rohn

  Attitude, Philosophy, Hard Work

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• What history teaches us is that man does not change arbitrarily; he does not transform himself at will on hearing the voices of inspired prophets. The reason is that all change, in colliding with the inherited institutions of the past, is inevitably hard and laborious; consequently it only takes place in response to the demands of necessity. For change to be brought about it is not enough that it should be seen as desirable; it must be the product of changes within the whole network of diverse casual relationships which then determine the situation of man.

  Emile Durkheim

  Past, Men, Voice

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• Decision is often the difference between greatness and mediocrity. In every man's life there comes a time when he must search for a cause, a work, an ideal to which he can give himself. Whether he says 'Yes' or 'No' to the challenge will determine his future.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Greatness, Men, Differences

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• Let us bear our cross and leave it to God to determine the length and the weight.

  Rose Philippine Duchesne

  Weight, Bears, Crosses

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• Recruit entrepreneurial leaders and give them freedom to determine the best path to achieving their objectives. On the other hand, individuals must commit fully to the system you use and be held rigorously accountable for their objectives. You give them freedom, but freedom within a framework.

  James C. Collins

  Hands, Giving, Leader

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• Choose good friends. Friends help to determine your future. You will tend to be like them and to be found where they choose to go. Remember, the path we follow in this life leads to the path we follow in the next.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Good Friend, Next, Path

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• Our closeness to the Lord will, in great measure, determine the peace and comfort and renewed strength that we feel as we invite the Spirit into our lives.

  Robert E. Wells

  Comfort, Spirit, Lord

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• Man's destiny was no longer determined from 'above' by a super-human wisdom and will, but from 'below' by the sub-human agencies of glands, genes, atoms, or waves of probability. ...they could determine his fate, but could provide him with no moral guidance, no values and meaning. A puppet of the Gods is a tragic figure, a puppet suspended on his chromosomes is merely grotesque.

  Arthur Koestler

  Fate, Destiny, Men

  "The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe". Book by Arthur Koestler, 1959.

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• Pictures are written, acted, directed, photo­graphed, edited, scored and all that. The screenwriter determines what scenes are in and what scenes are out; decides whether that bit of information is dramatized or just referred to; whether it takes place on or off screen. There are millions of decisions made by the screenwriter.

  Ernest Lehman

  Decision, Information, Scene

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