#determine

In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

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Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so. ↗

— Estelle Morris

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I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#american citizen #avoid #become #citizen #completely

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#change #conservative #culture #determines #itself

It's because we need to determine who in this country is poised, positioned to commit terrorist acts. ↗

— Robert Mueller

#because #commit #country #determine #need

Indian president does not determine policy. Here President is not the policy maker. In the name of the president, the cabinet takes the policy decision. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#decision #determine #does #here #indian

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation. ↗

— Andy Murray

#biggest #determined #hungry #i #losing

At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point. ↗

— Roh Moo-hyun

#destiny #determine #forced #go #history

The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#democracy #determined #fascism #freedom #fundamentalism

This part of being a man, changing the way we parent, happens only when we want it to. It changes because we are determined for it to change; and the motive for changing often comes out of wanting to be the kind of parent we didn't have. ↗

— Augustus Y. Napier

#being #being a man #change #changes #changing