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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

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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

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Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude. ↗

— Michelle Obama

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If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that. ↗

— Michelle Obama

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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

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If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's not something I feel determined to do. ↗

— Andrew Shue

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Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

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Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

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When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith. ↗

— Junius

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