#dictate

What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. ↗

— Edward Koch

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I don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#harmonies #i #solos #vocal

The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force to their well-meant endeavours, and raise them to public esteem. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

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Tax rates for the wealthy should revert to Clinton-era levels, both because it is necessary for long-term deficit reduction and because fairness dictates it. Moreover, there is no proof that higher marginal rates dissuade investment, all the rhetoric from the Right notwithstanding. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

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I don't like to dictate the style to the customer, I believe people give something their own trend. ↗

— L'Wren Scott

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I think the question is who am I? That's what we all should be asking ourselves. Who am I? Well, if I am first a Christian conservative then that dictates my response to all questions so my response first as a Christian conservative is to vote consistent with my value system. ↗

— Tim Scott

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Television is so dictated by time constraints that you have to make quick decisions and go with them. ↗

— Ted Shackelford

#decisions #dictated #go #make #quick

We genuinely believe to this day that it was an honest genuine mistake and we never imagined the punishment would be eight months. The precedent dictated that it was unlikely to be that. We don't regret he played for that period. ↗

— David Gill

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But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat. ↗

— David Millar

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