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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 don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies. ↗

— Dan Hicks

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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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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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I think the water dictates how food will taste in a country. In England the apples taste unlike apples grown in any other place. England is an island, there's a lot of salt in the air and in the water. I think that has something to do with it. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

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Marketing is a very good thing, but it shouldn't control everything. It should be the tool, not that which dictates. ↗

— Nicolas Roeg

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Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch. ↗

— Jane Austen

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Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting institutions. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

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Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients. ↗

— Mario Batali

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