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• There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height.

  Victor Hugo

  Life, Country, Greatness

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• It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

  Alan Shepard

  Space, Government, Safety

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• Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures in the same manner as it did that of species.

  Konrad Lorenz

  Science, Libertarian, Faces

  Konrad Lorenz (2005). “On Aggression”, p.115, Routledge

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• Our movement is of the working people, for the working people, by the working people. . . . There is not a right too long denied to which we do not aspire in order to achieve; there is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish.

  Samuel Gompers

  Struggle, Order, Long

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• I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

  Harold MacMillan

  Government, Two, Action

  Comment on the Profumo affair, July 1963, in Anthony Sampson 'Macmillan' (1967) p. 243

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• I'd started working when I was 21 and had been very determined about my career, very focused, even as a little kid, so it was something I had been working at for a long time.

  Josh Schwartz

  Kids, Careers, Long

  "The making of a golden boy" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. January 22, 2005.

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• How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.

  Harold Ramis

  Childhood, Handle, Success Or Failure

  "Harold Ramis: Expect the Unexpected". Psychology Today Interview, www.psychologytoday.com. July 1, 1996.

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• There exists everywhere a medium in things, determined by equilibrium.

  Dmitri Mendeleev

  Equilibrium, Mediums

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• True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

  Corliss Lamont

  Character, Self, Acting

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• I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.

  Karen Carpenter

  People, World, Enough

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information.

  Jean Moulin

  Long, Information, Disappear

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• Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.

  Randy Neugebauer

  Marriage, Men, People

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• I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.

  Sargent Shriver

  Educational, School, Thinking

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• I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody.

  Bill Monroe

  Want, Copies, My Own

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• My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.

  Agnetha Faltskog

  Unhappy, Experience, Path

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Inspirational, Success, Determination

  Charles de Gaulle (1960). “The Edge of the Sword”, New York : Criterion Books

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• A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.

  Robert Hughes

  Motivational, Perseverance, Determination

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• We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

  Sonia Johnson

  Change, Success, Determination

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• I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

  Martha Washington

  Happiness, Happy, Attitude

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• There was a time when a man was so convinced that the world was round that he was determined to prove it.

  Ernest Holmes

  Men, World, Prove It

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• It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

  H. L. Mencken

  Uprising, Leader, Causes

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• A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Leadership, Determination, Optimistic

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.55, Courier Corporation

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• America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Country, Usa, America

  Dr. Laurence J. Peter (2013). “Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times”, p.45, Harper Collins

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• A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.

  Marge Piercy

  Strength, Inspiring, Strong Women

  Marge Piercy (2013). “Moon Is Always Female”, p.76, Knopf

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• It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles.

  Claude M. Bristol

  Motivational, Change, Determination

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