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The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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But what we're determined to do, and what the reforms will do is to make sure this system goes back to its core purpose of taking the savings of Americans and from investors around the world and allocating those to people with an idea, not just the largest companies in the country, but to small businesses with an idea and a plan for growing. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

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During the last economic slowdown in the 1990s, the Tories slashed infrastructure investment. I am determined not to make that mistake. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

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Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

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Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole society. ↗

— Lawrence Kohlberg

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Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being. ↗

— Dale Turner

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In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done. ↗

— Mike Wallace

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It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined. ↗

— Gilbert White

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Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused. ↗

— Shaun White

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I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame. ↗

— Christine Lahti

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