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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

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So writing a song is much harder than doing a classical piece for me, because in a classical piece, I can just let the mood dictate what's going to happen. ↗

— Glenn Danzig

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What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

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I can never consent to being dictated to. ↗

— John Tyler

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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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Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. ↗

— John Adams

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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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I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself. ↗

— Venerable Bede

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