#dictate

I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really. ↗

— John Mayall

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The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world. ↗

— Robert Menendez

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I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture. ↗

— Holly Near

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As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear. ↗

— Camille Paglia

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If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

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If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I normally am. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

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If any difference should be made by law between husband and wife, reason, justice and humanity, if their voices were heard, would dictate that it should be in her favor. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

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Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life. ↗

— LaToya Jackson

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But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer. ↗

— Adam Johnson

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