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We both agreed that Stalin was determined to hold out against the Germans. He told us he'd never let them get to Moscow. But if he was wrong, they'd go back to the Urals and fight. They'd never surrender. ↗

— W. Averell Harriman

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I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service. ↗

— Joseph Heller

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During the last economic slowdown in the 1990s, the Tories slashed infrastructure investment. I am determined not to make that mistake. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

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Baghdad is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gates. ↗

— Saddam Hussein

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Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

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When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith. ↗

— Junius

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The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

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Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole society. ↗

— Lawrence Kohlberg

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Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being. ↗

— Dale Turner

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