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Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Most of nature is inherently chaotic. It's not rigidly determined in the old sense. It's not rigidly predictable. ↗

— Rupert Sheldrake

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If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited. ↗

— Beatrice Webb

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We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce. ↗

— Shigeru Yoshida

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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

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The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken. ↗

— John Barton

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My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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What childishness is it that while there's breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around? ↗

— Elizabeth Bishop

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