Determining Quotes

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We overlook just how large a role we all play--and by 'we' I mean society--in determining who makes it and who doesn't. — Malcolm Gladwell
[As] authorities "over" us are removed, as we wobble out on our own, the question of whether to be or not to be arises with… — William H. Gass
Men spend their lives in anticipations,â€”in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage… — Charles Caleb Colton
...Men do not sufficiently realize that their future is in their own hands. Theirs is the task of determining first of all whether they want… — Henri Bergson
Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success? Because we so profoundly personalize success, we miss opportunities to… — Malcolm Gladwell
He saw merchants trading, princes hunting, mourners wailing for their dead, whores offering themselves, physicians trying to help the sick, priests determining the most suitable… — Hermann Hesse
We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. We are not afraid of the darkness. We trust that the moon shall… — Saul Williams
Our children take their flight into the future with our thrust and with our aim. And even as we anxiously watch that arrow in flight… — Jeffrey R. Holland
I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once, and cannot add up the sum.… — Carl Jung
The existence of a free market does not of course eliminate the need for government. On the contrary, government is essential both as a forum… — Milton Friedman
Cleaning me up is just a preliminary step to determining my new look. With my acid-damaged hair, sunburned skin, and ugly scars, the prep team… — Suzanne Collins
She was no closer to determining who might want her dead. There were just too many possibilities. — Gail Carriger
Man is not fully conditioned and determined but rather determines himself whether he gives in to conditions or stands up to them. In other words,… — Viktor E. Frankl
The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which… — Alain de Botton
Without realizing that the past is constantly determining their present actions, they avoid learning anything about their history. They continue to live in their repressed… — Alice Miller
If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the… — Albert Einstein
The more successful a political party, the more winning its ways, the less of its time is spent casting about for policy or determining it… — Dalton Camp
If you have a faith, it is statistically overwhelmingly likely that it is the same faith as your parents and grandparents had. No doubt soaring… — Richard Dawkins
Your manner of life now is already determining your life in those years of old age and retirement, without your realizing it even, and perhaps… — Paul Tournier
The main characteristic of collectivism is that it does not take notice of the individual's will and moral self-determination. In the light of its philosophy… — Ludwig von Mises

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