#mined

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#achieved #determined #ever #great #great men

The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control. ↗

— Jean Paul Gaultier

#always #america #american #american women #choose

But what we're determined to do, and what the reforms will do is to make sure this system goes back to its core purpose of taking the savings of Americans and from investors around the world and allocating those to people with an idea, not just the largest companies in the country, but to small businesses with an idea and a plan for growing. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#around #back #businesses #companies #core

If you are determined enough and willing to pay the price, you can get it done. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#done #enough #get #pay #price

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

#agreed #back #both #determined #fight

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

— Joseph Heller

#examined #had #i #military #military service

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

— Geoff Hoon

#determined #during #economic #i #i am

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

— Saddam Hussein

#baghdad #commit #determined #force #gates

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

#books #care #determined #dreams #friends

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

— Junius

#believe #confirms #determined #doctrine #faith