#determined

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

— H. L. Mencken

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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

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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. ↗

— Aristotle

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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation. ↗

— Abigail Adams

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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it. ↗

— Alexander Graham Bell

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There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. ↗

— George Eliot

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My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I think my mother's a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career. ↗

— James Ellroy

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In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862, it was determined by the Rebel government last summer to resume the offensive in that direction. ↗

— Edward Everett

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Losing hurts me. I was determined to be the best. ↗

— Chris Evert

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The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it. ↗

— Elia Kazan

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