#dictate

The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#after #any #anybody #argument #authoritarian

I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life. ↗

— Shania Twain

#always #best #desperate #dictate #feel

I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn't think, 'Ooh I've got to avoid being typecast' - you can't ever be dictated to by what other people think. I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#because #being #costume #dictated #directors

It's hard to go with a trend. As soon as it's out, everyone picks it up. It's important to stay true to yourself. Have fun with fashion instead of letting it dictate. ↗

— Estella Warren

#everyone #fashion #fun #go #hard

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#act #always #animal #called #dictates

The radios are going to dictate. That's another fight. That's another story there. I wish they just let it be. ↗

— Bernie Worrell

#dictate #fight #going #i #i wish

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#been #conform #constraint #dictates #government

I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life. ↗

— Chris Hemsworth

#approach #battle #dictated #era #fearlessness

I'm really interested in fashion but at the same time I find it quite competitive. Second-hand stuff leaves you more open to whatever your own personal style is rather than feeling dictated to by shops. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#dictated #fashion #feeling #find #i

It's kind of like trying to make straight lines from curves, but involving shapes that sort of dictate what the curves are, if you like, and the difference between two separate pieces creates a third transitional piece if you like. ↗

— Sean Booth

#creates #curves #dictate #difference #involving