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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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A young man is stirred and stimulated by the consciousness of how much depends upon his own exertions: a young girl is oppressed by it. ↗

— Elizabeth Missing Sewell

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Had Rumsfeld said at any time 'get me a report on what's going on', he could have had it. You're right, it depends on choices that we make, which parts of the world we want to be in immediate contact with. ↗

— Peter Singer

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The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer. ↗

— Thaddeus Stevens

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Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

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Convinced that the attachment of colonies to the metropolis, depends infinitely more upon moral and religious feeling, than political arrangement, or even commercial advantage, I cannot but lament that more is not done to instill it into the minds of the people. ↗

— John Strachan

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The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind. ↗

— John Millington Synge

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Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

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God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

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It depends on where you put the paint, not how much you splash on. ↗

— Julian Eltinge

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