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- Nov 07, 2020
Determining Quotes
What decides outcomes: will, circumstance, or something else entirely.
These determining quotes look at what actually shapes outcomes, from institutional oversight to income's role in shaping personal choices. For more on the elements behind big decisions, see our Factors collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
While the FBI carries out investigative work, the responsibility for supervising, directing and ultimately determining the resolution of investigations is solely the province of the Justice Department's prosecutors.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States governs so much that the case could be made that everybody around the world ought to have a vote in determining some of its policies.
- Engraved
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- Nov 07, 2020
If our inconceivably ancient universe even had any beginning, the conditions determining that beginning must even now be engraved in the atomic weights.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
My process for determining which eras I'd write about was to just read history books that gave a really broad overview of Chinese history. And when I came across a historical figure or a historical incident that was especially interesting to me, ideas for characters and stories would surface.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were only two other Chinese families in this town of 25,000, but to our parents, the determining factor was the quality of the public school system.
- Brand
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- Nov 07, 2020
By far, the most determining factor of any brand is the product or the service the company produces. Branding companies have very rarely any significant influence on that, but it is, of course, in their interest to amplify their importance.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system.
- Aesthetic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.
- Coloured
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- Nov 07, 2020
History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The very action of the proletariat is a determining factor in history. And although we can no more jump over the stages of historical development than a man can jump over his shadow, nevertheless, we can accelerate or retard that development.
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having grown up in a military family, I know that politics should have no role in determining who is best qualified to lead our armed forces.
- Dynamics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Radio Astronomy has added greatly to our understanding of the structure and dynamics of the universe. The cosmic microwave background radiation, considered a relic of the explosion at the beginning of the universe some 18 billion years ago, is one of the most powerful aids in determining these features of the universe.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we have met the standard that has been set forth by Congress in order to utilize these techniques.
- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies, the United States and Europe have parted ways.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020