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• Japan is the only country in the world to have suffered the ravages of atomic bombing. That experience left an indelible mark on the hearts of our people, making them passionately determined to renounce all wars.

  Eisaku Sato

  Country, War, Heart

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• You have to be determined, and be able to accept, 'No.' I've heard, 'No,' a thousand times, and I've heard, 'Yes,' a handful of times.

  Kenny Wormald

  Able, Accepting, Heard

  "Kenny Wormald Interview FOOTLOOSE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 14, 2011.

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• Entrepreneurial creation is the generation, de novo, of novelty and surprise- freedom of choice originating in the world of ideas, and imagination beyond all concern with chemicals. The contrary view- that all ideas are determined by material relationships- is the materialist superstition.

  George Gilder

  Views, Ideas, Imagination

  George Gilder (2013). “Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World”, p.92, Regnery Publishing

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• We must be forewarned that only rarely does a text easily lend itself to the reader's curiosity... the reading of a text is a transaction between the reader and the text, which mediates the encounter between the reader and writer. It is a composition between the reader and the writer in which the reader "rewrites" the text making a determined effort not to betray the author's spirit.

  Paulo Freire

  Reading, Learning, Effort

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• You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly and concisely. It's far more difficult to get people to think like a writer, to give up conventional habits of mind and emotion. You must be able to step inside your character's skin, and at the same time to remain outside the dicey circumstances you have maneuvered her into.

  Anne Bernays

  Giving Up, Character, Writing

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• Bad luck with women is a determined man's road to success. For every affliction, he makes, out of indignation, yet another advancement in order to exceed the man that the woman chose over him. This goes to show that great men are made great because they once learned how to fight the feeling of rejection.

  Criss Jami

  Fighting, Men, Order

  Criss Jami (2012). “Venus in Arms”, p.38, Criss Jami

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• The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus in the case before us it cannot be immaterial what plants are subjected to experiment and in what manner such experiment is conducted.

  Gregor Mendel

  Purpose, Plant, Used

  William Bateson, Gregor Mendel (1902). “Mendel's Principles of Heredity: A Defence”

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• I'm ambitious and I'm determined and I know where I'm going to be. It's not where I want to be, but where I'm going to be.

  Ricky Whittle

  Ambitious, Want, Knows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• According to well-known electrodynamic laws, an electron moving in a magnetic field is acted upon by a force which runs perpendicular to the direction of motion of the electron and to the direction of the magnetic field, and whose magnitude is easily determined.

  Pieter Zeeman

  Running, Moving, Law

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• Contrary to popular misconception, Islam does not mean peace but rather means submission to the commands of Allah alone. Therefore, Muslims do not believe in the concept of freedom of expression, as their speech and actions are determined by divine revelation and not based on people's desires.

  Anjem Choudary

  Believe, Mean, Expression

  "People know the consequences: Opposing view". www.usatoday.com. January 7, 2015.

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• It seems to me that our problem has a lot less to do with the mechanics of solar power than the politics of human power—specifically whether there can be a shift in who wields it, a shift away from corporations and toward communities, which in turn depends on whether or not the great many people who are getting a rotten deal under our current system can build a determined and diverse enough social force to change the balance of power.

  Naomi Klein

  People, Community, Balance

  Naomi Klein (2014). “This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• Lincoln, answering friends who advised him to seek protection against assassination: "If they kill me the next man will be just as bad for them. In a country like this, where our habits are simple, and must be, assassination is always possible, and will come if they are determined upon it.

  William Herndon

  Country, Simple, Men

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• The precise form of an individual's activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In other words, it is determined by his heredity.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Life, Success, World

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• Cyprus was a breath away from economic collapse. It was a big battle in which we came out wounded, but upright and determined to make a fresh start.

  Nicos Anastasiades

  Battle, Cyprus, Fresh Start

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• I am the first prime minister of this country of neither English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that knew no hyphenated consideration....I'm very happy to be able to say that in the House of Commons today in my party we have members of Italian, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Chinese and Ukrainian origin and they are all Canadians.

  John Diefenbaker

  Country, Party, Italian

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• It's a universal story, it's an immigrant story, and it's a love story. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

  Gloria Estefan

  Believe, United States, Stories

  "Gloria and Emilio Estefan Have Rhythm — and Lots of Romance". Interview with Alanna Nash, www.aarp.org. August, 2013.

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• Russia is now recognized as the center of the global 'mutiny' against global dictatorship of the US and EU. Its generally peaceful .. approach is in direct contrast to brutal and destabilizing methods used by the US and EU. The world is waking up to reality that there actually is, suddenly, some strong and determined resistance to Western imperialism. After decades of darkness, hope is emerging.

  Andre Vltchek

  Strong, Reality, Russia

  "Ukraine: Lies and Realities" by Andre Vltchek, www.counterpunch.org. April 11, 2014.

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• Absolutely determined to ensure that Microsoft complies fully with the 2004 anti-trust decision.

  Neelie Kroes

  Decision, Microsoft

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• We might define an eccentric as a man who is a law unto himself, and a crank as one who, having determined what the law is, insists on laying it down to others.

  Louis Kronenberger

  Men, Law, Might

  "Company Manners: A Cultural Inquiry into American Life". Book by Louis Kronenberger, 1954.

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• I do have a couple of pets, but I am determined to keep them out of the media spotlight.

  Jason Gann

  Couple, Media, Pet

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Zionists believe they are entitled by God to the land, groves and homes of the non-Jewish underclass. They quote the Bible as the reference that 'God gave them the land.' The size of the alleged God-given land has never been determined and Israel's borders still remain fuzzy.

  Lee Whitnum

  Believe, Home, Israel

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• We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce.

  Shigeru Yoshida

  Country, Practice, World

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• I enjoy baseball more than anything and would like to be involved with it forever, but the reality is your survival is determined by how well you compete, not by your fondness for the game.

  Sadaharu Oh

  Baseball, Reality, Games

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• With our lives and food chain set up to make us fat - I mean, you can't drive down any highway in America and find a grapefruit - a guy needs to be smarter and more determined to get lean.

  David Zinczenko

  Mean, America, Guy

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• A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape his bottom on anything solid. A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.

  E. B. White

  Poetry, Doe, Veils

  1942 One Man's Meat, 'Poetr y'.

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