#solely

Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or what pretty girl wanted it to be thus or thus; but to write solely as I myself thought best, and as it gave me pleasure. ↗

— Felix Mendelssohn

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I don't think anyone should pick a candidate for any office based solely on gender. That would be, I believe, a mistake. ↗

— Jim Nussle

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I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#civil #civil service #dare #enactment #evade

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

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Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. ↗

— Louis Pasteur

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Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

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In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit behind the action, not by any speculations as to consequences which might ensue. And so they found the truth. ↗

— Roland Allen

#acts #any #apostles #arriving #behind

When a system is considered in two different states, the difference in volume or in any other property, between the two states, depends solely upon those states themselves and not upon the manner in which the system may pass from one state to the other. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

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The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any. ↗

— Russell Baker

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The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you. ↗

— Shania Twain

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