#dictated

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 can never consent to being dictated to. ↗

— John Tyler

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But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting. ↗

— Chris Evans

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Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires. ↗

— Rob Zombie

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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

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Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated the next day's headlines, are over. Now, a thousand bloggers decide for themselves what is interesting. If enough of them are tickled then, bingo, you're news. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

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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

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Our driver policy was partly dictated by who was available because of other contracts. ↗

— John Surtees

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

— Dario Argento

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