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• He refused categorically all ideas of fidelity or serious commitments. He explained that they were arbitrary and sterile. From anyone else such views would have shocked me, but I knew that in his case they did not exclude tenderness and devotion - feelings which came all the more easily to him since he was determined that they should be transient.

  Francoise Sagan

  Commitment, Views, Ideas

  FRANCOISE SAGAN (1955). “BONOUR TRISTESSE”

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• King Duncan looked up and swept his gaze slowly around the room. Cassandra, he saw, was defiant as ever. Arald's face was set and determined. Halt and Crowley's faces were inscrutable in the shadows of their cowls. The two younger men were both a little wide-eyed- obviously uncomfortable at the emotions that had been bared in the room. There was still a hint of admiration in Will's eyes, however, as he continued to stare at the Baron. Rodney was nodding in agreement with Arald's statements, while Gilan made a show of studying his nails.

  John Flanagan

  Kings, Eye, Men

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• What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the airs and interference of such a person, or any person I may say? No, I have no idea of being so easily persuaded. When I have made up my mind, I have made it.

  Jane Austen

  Determination, Air, Ideas

  Jane Austen (2013). “Persuasion In Modern English”, p.225, BookCaps Study Guides

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• If there is some corner of the world which has remained peaceful, but with a peace based on injustices the peace of a swamp with rotten matter fermenting in its depths - we may be sure that that peace is false. Violence attracts violence. Let us repeat fearlessly and ceaselessly: injustices bring revolt, either from the oppressed or from the young, determined to fight for a more just and more human world.

  Hélder Câmara

  Fighting, Peaceful, Rotten

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• Far from being the father of jihad, [Prophet] Mohammad was a peacemaker, who risked his life and nearly lost the loyalty of his closest companions because he was determined to effect a reconciliation with Mecca

  Karen Armstrong

  Loyalty, Father, Mecca

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• You've got a thing for Donovan Caine. You have ever since you killed Ingles, his partner, and he went all dogged and determined on you.

  Jennifer Estep

  Partners

  Jennifer Estep (2010). “Spider's Bite: An Elemental Assassin Book”, p.168, Simon and Schuster

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  Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Impossible, Determined Woman, Nothing Is Impossible

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Louisa May Alcott Premium Edition - 16 Novels in One Volume: Little Women Trilogy & Other Novels (Illustrated): Moods, The Mysterious Key and What It Opened, An Old Fashioned Girl, Work, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost, A Modern Mephistopheles…”, p.3130, e-artnow

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• When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side

  Christopher Paolini

  Hate, Ignorant, Pieces

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1719, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I didn't know then what a sperm was, and so wouldn't understand his answer for several years. "My boy," he said, "you are descended from a long line of determined, resourceful, microscopic tadpoles-- champions every one.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Boys, Years, Long

  Kurt Vonnegut (1999). “Galapagos: A Novel”, Dial Press

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• Man's status in the natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his thinking.

  Manly Hall

  Men, Thinking, Law Of Attraction

  Manly Palmer Hall (2005). “Secret Teachings of All Ages”, p.5, Lulu.com

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• Suddenly, madness was everywhere, and I was determined to learn about the impact it had on the way society evolves. I've always believed society to be a fundamentally rational thing, but what if it isn't? What if it is built on insanity?

  Jon Ronson

  Impact, Insanity, What If

  Jon Ronson (2012). “Jon Ronson's Adventures With Extraordinary People”, p.448, Pan Macmillan

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• The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us our errors, to save us from our childish mistakes. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.

  Carl Sagan

  Mistake, Ignorance, Errors

  Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (2011). “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space”, p.76, Ballantine Books

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• That was our first time together. Interesting, an interesting experience, but not earth-shaking. But then, I never expected it to be earth-shaking, not with him. What I was determined to avoid was emotional entanglement. A passing fling was one thing, an affair of the heart quite another. Of myself I was fairly sure. I was not about to lose my heart to a man about whom I knew next to nothing.

  J. M. Coetzee

  Heart, Men, Emotional

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• Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.

  Benjamin Carson

  Inspirational, Moving On, Success

  "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story". Book by Benjamin Carson, 1990.

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• He was determined to discover the underlying logic behind the universe. Which was going to be hard, because there wasn't one.

  Terry Pratchett

  Logic, Behinds, Hard

  "Mort". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1987.

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• I know the well of my maternal incompetence is deep but I am determined to siphon up a calm and breathing hope for him.

  Donna VanLiere

  Breathing, Calm, Incompetence

  Donna VanLiere (2012). “The Good Dream”, p.213, Macmillan

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• Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you--gently, with love, and hand your life back to you, like something gold you let go of--and I can! I'm determined to do it--and nothing's more determined than a cat on a tin roof--is there?

  Tennessee Williams

  Beautiful, Letting Go, Giving Up

  Tennessee Williams (1971). “The Theatre of Tennessee Williams: Cat on a hot tin roof. Orpheus descending. Suddenly last summer”

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• I truly believe that the death of my mother has made me the way I am today. I am a survivor, mentally strong, determined, stronwilled, self-reliant, and independent. I also keep most of my pain, anger and feelings inside. I refuse to be vulnerable to anyone, especially my husband. The only people who see that more emotional or softer side are my children. That too because of my mother.

  Hope Edelman

  Mother, Strong, Children

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• I will make arrangements for you and Portia to return to London the following day. I will be closing up the house. I am leaving England for a while." "For how long?" I asked him, determined to keep my composure. "Until I am quite recovered from you," he said evenly. "When will you return?" "Never.

  Deanna Raybourn

  Closing Up, Long, House

  Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.235, MIRA

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• Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality - of humankind's inclination towards evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world's disarray.

  Veronica Roth

  Religious, Race, Evil

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)”, p.29, HarperCollins UK

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• People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public’s mind. It is no accident that authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media. Because public interest is most easily aroused by dramatic events and by celebrities, media feeding frenzies are common

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Independent, Views

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• History is written by the victors, the strongest, the most determined. Truth is found most often in the silence, in the quiet places.

  Kate Mosse

  Silence, Quiet, Truth Is

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• The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by the way others treat him, but by the treatment he himself receives from Jesus; it has only one source, and that is the will of Jesus.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Jesus, Brother

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning, you will think that you are wasting time, but you must go on, be determined and persevere in it until death, despite all the difficulties.

  Brother Lawrence

  Thinking, Encounters, Goes On

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• It was Alec who brought their lips together. Seregil's first reaction was disbelief. But Alec was insistent, clumsy but determined. It lasted an instant, an eternity, that one awkward kiss, and it spoke silent volumes of bewildered honesty. The moment that followed was too fragile for words.

  Lynn Flewelling

  Honesty, Kissing, Awkward

  Lynn Flewelling (2010). “Stalking Darkness: The Nightrunner Series”, p.443, Spectra

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