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“Not unlike gender reassignment surgery, someone determines that they are…” quote by Jess Row — Download Open image

“Not unlike gender reassignment surgery, someone determines that they are of a different race on the inside and they wish to surgically correct that.”

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I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and…

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Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.

William Arthur Ward

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To an ever greater extent out experience is governed by pictures, pictures in newspapers and magazines, on television and in the cinema. Next to…

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The wisdom of our actions in the first three years of peace will determine the course of world history for half a century.

Henry A. Wallace

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Thought determines action. Do not let your whole life be a reaction to the things that happen around you each day. Let your life…

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Determine to do some thinking for yourself. Don't live entirely upon the thoughts of others. Don't be an automaton.

James Cash Penney

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Choices determine character.

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We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

John F. Kennedy

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All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be.

Lawrence O'Donnell

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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.

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The enmity of such a party towards Socialism does not mean that the members are only prejudiced against it because they do not know…

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It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.

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