#dictate

The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem. ↗

— Alex Cox

#big #big problem #corporations #creates #dictate

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#allow #america #arrogant #dictate #election

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

I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. ↗

— Dario Argento

#dictated #i #want

Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who's gonna' win it. ↗

— Paul Begala

#defining #dictates #generally #gonna #terms

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#dimensions #emerge #habit #living #long

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#dictate #faith #happiness #helps #inner

What if I couldn't handle people's opinions of me? I know that shouldn't dictate a person's degree of peace or happiness in life, but the problem is, I chose a business saturated in judgment. ↗

— Chris Evans

#chose #degree #dictate #handle #happiness

I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully. ↗

— Spike Lee

#i #stevie #stevie wonder #successfully #wonder

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#dictated #ethical #even #honorable #military