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Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected. ↗

— Edmond Halley

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If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not of this earth. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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The development of our human resources is an area in which we need to do well as it is decisive in determining the success of our diversification programme. ↗

— Hassanal Bolkiah

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Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there. ↗

— Christopher Columbus

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There were only two other Chinese families in this town of 25,000, but to our parents, the determining factor was the quality of the public school system. ↗

— Steven Chu

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If the U.N. were to be successful in its efforts to control the Internet, countries where human rights records range from questionable to criminal could be put in charge of determining what is and is not allowed to appear online. ↗

— John Doolittle

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But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line? ↗

— Diana Nyad

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The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society. ↗

— Ron Kind

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When it comes to determining child custody, however, sexism is the rule. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

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I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

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