#dictate

They become the keepers of the mystery. They place themselves between the communicants of the religion, and the immediate experience. And then they dictate the terms on which you can have contact with this wonderful mystery. We don't dictate those terms. ↗

— Larry Harvey

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The technology of the time dictated the way things looked. ↗

— Douglas Trumbull

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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. ↗

— Edward Koch

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I can never consent to being dictated to. ↗

— John Tyler

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The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force to their well-meant endeavours, and raise them to public esteem. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

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Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score. ↗

— Frank Leahy

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The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead. ↗

— David Lynch

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Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when my first daughter was born, but I was encouraged to take advantage of my ability and drive and remained in school. ↗

— Gwen Moore

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