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“Balance and control come from healthy anger. This is just as aggressive as the unhealthy kind. But it is based on a belief and hope for change in social roles and institutions. Healthy anger demands change and creates the confrontations needed for change to occur. It also gives the other an opportunity to help make that change. “Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.”

“Underneath all his writing there is the settled determination to use certain words, to take certain attitudes, to produce a certain atmosphere; what he is seeing or thinking or feeling has hardly any influence on the way he writes. The reader can reply, ironically, "That's what it means to have a style"; but few people have so much of one, or one so obdurate that you can say of it, "It is a style that no subject can change.”

People Thinking Way Writing Mean Use Feelings Certain Attitude Seeing Influence Subjects Style Produce Reader Determination Atmosphere

Author:Randall Jarrell

“If you think about determination, if people have a heart and are determined, they can get to that place. But there are a lot of negative people who were enormously determined. All the Nazis were determined. They wanted to murder everyone. Everyone with a bad heart, who doesn't care about people, I wish they hadn't started.”

People Ifs Thinking Heart Care Wanted Wish Negative Determination Murder Determined Nazi Negative People Bad Heart

Author:Eddie Izzard

“I think the Montgomery bus boycott initiated an era of self-determination.”

Thinking Self Determination Eras Bus Self Determination Boycott Montgomery

Author:Joseph Lowery

“... I never look at my watch if I'm talking with someone. I think that's such an insulting gesture! It suggests you're trying to gauge whether you think what they're saying is worth your time. Rushing is no way to bring out what's best in people, and I'm always looking for the best. That's what's ultimately behind my determination to take my time.”

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Author:Frances Hesselbein

“It would be helpful if we opened up ANWR. I think it's a mistake not to. And I would urge you all to travel up there and take a look at it, and you can make the determination as to how beautiful that country is.”

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Author:George W. Bush

“Its all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but its that determination.”

People Thinking Talent Determination

Author:Judy Blume

“I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.”

Thinking Giving Hard Secret Attitude Hard Work Giving Up Determination Don't Give Up Shortcuts

Author:Jerry Rice

“I'm hard-nosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah, if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter, and then one day somebody gives you a job, you can say, Gee, I was lucky I happened to go up there today. But, dammit, I was going to go up there sooner or later in the next seventy years. If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost make your own fortune.”

“One is conscious of no brave and noble earnestness in it, of no generalized passion for intellectual and spiritual adventure, of no organized determination to think things out. What is there is a highly self-conscious and insipid correctness, a bloodless respectability submergence of matter in manner--in brief, what is there is the feeble, uninspiring quality of German painting and English music.”

Source: H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series

“Praise Roxane Gay for her big-hearted self-examining intelligence, for her inclusive and forgiving stance, for her courage and determination . . . for saying out loud the things we were thinking, for guiding us back to ourselves and returning to us what was ours all along.”

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Author:Pam Houston

“I'm very proud of what Harry Truman turned out to be in office and the record he made. Certainly I think he'll go down in history as one of the greats, because of his conscience, his determination to stick with what he knew was right.”

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Author:Walter Cronkite

“When you hit a certain spot you Sprint no matter how you feel inside or what your co-runner thinks. You just go! In training as a nickel, you sprint because you need to sprint! You just do it! In racing people see it and call it courage, but it is attitude; determination; duty.”

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Author:Gerry Lindgren

“All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations.”

Thinking Left My Own Impossible Generations Determination Slave Athlete

Author:Michael Johnson

“All the people in the late '80s and early '90s were really hell-bent on doing something for themselves, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. There was a lot of determination, and I was definitely part of that way of thinking.”

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Author:Tracey Emin

“As much as we think we are as artists, we think, oh, you know, we're going to do this, we're going to do that, and really at the end of the day it's the fans that make that determination. Because if they don't buy it, stream it, share it or talk about it, then you're just a crazy person with an idea.”

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Author:Pharrell Williams

“I don't think that anyone should doubt Israel's determination to defend itself against terror and destruction.”

Thinking Should Doubt Determination Destruction Terror Israel

Author:Benjamin Netanyahu

“I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream.”

Thinking Dream Artist Keys Concerned Determination Your Dreams

Author:Chris Brown

“People who hate what I make hate me, too. They must think I am a demon or some kind of evil sorcerer. Those who understand what I do appreciate the determination, love, and courage it takes to find wonder and beauty in people who are considered by society to be damaged, unclean, dysfunctional, or wretched.”

People Thinking Kind Hate Evil Wonder Determination Appreciate Demon Wretched Hate Me Love And Courage

Book:Witkin

Source: Witkin

“To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.”

Thinking Motivational Winning Player Position Basketball Determination Court Teammate Transfers Best Players Unselfish

Author:LeBron James

“I think it has a lot to do with determination. I treat people the way I want to be treated and believe if you work hard you can have the things you want in life.”

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Author:Bo Bice

“Other people do better going on to grad school and others yet are naturally inclined and do just fine without any formal training at all. Everyone is different. The only things I think are imperative are focus, determination and hard work.”

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Author:Toks Olagundoye

“Work ethic and this determination is all part of escaping the depressive side. Of course I'm manic depressive, maybe not to the degree that Exley was, but I think all writers are. There are highs and lows. Look at David Foster Wallace.”

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Author:T.C. Boyle

“We`re seeing something fairly remarkable happen on the political train. We`re seeing the Washington establishment abandoning Marco Rubio. I think they`ve made the determination that Marco can`t win. And they`re rushing to support Donald Trump.”

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Author:Ted Cruz

“In terms of being Australian, I think a big part of it is the determination to prove yourself, just like Aussie actors.”

Thinking Bigs Actors Term Prove Determination Australian Proving Yourself Aussies

Author:Keiynan Lonsdale

“Most Arabs and Muslims feel that the United States hasn't really been paying much attention to their desires. They think it has been pursuing its policies for its own sake and not according to many of the principles that it claims are its own - democracy, self-determination, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, international law.”

“I think everyone is a case-by-case basis. Whatever the circumstances are that come with any individual, they exist and you have to make a determination as to what your comfort level is with that person and the characteristics that they bring.”

Thinking Persons Individual Levels Cases Circumstances Comfort Determination Bases Characteristics

Author:Bill Belichick

“I think positivity also brings determination and wanting to explore more and wanting to do more with your life. Because if you come to that point of having to think about your life in that way you don't want it to be negative.”

Ifs Thinking Way Want Negative Determination Positivity

Author:John Newman

“The moral law is simply the way we think our own freedom as self-determination.”

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Author:Allen W. Wood

“If you make a determination that [story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac] is not historical, do you throw it away? I don't think we can say whether it's precisely, scientifically historical.”

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Author:Elie Wiesel

“If contemplation of other people's pain just increases distress, then I think we should see it in another way. If we don't center too much on ourselves, then [we] increase our courage and our determination to remedy the pain, not our distress. If we have unconditional compassion, then it increases our courage. So that's the difference, self-centered motivation versus altruistic motivation.”

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Author:Matthieu Ricard

“I think Hamas should be challenged to consider really embracing Gandhi and Dr. Kings philosophy of advocating nonviolence as a way to achieve self determination, end occupation, achieve unity within their country, and gain allies within Israel. I think this idea of an eye for and eye, a rocket for a bomb, will never bring about peace for either side.”

“We don't make determinations about who we love. And that's why I think that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is wrong.”

Thinking Determination Bases Discrimination Orientation

Author:Barack Obama

“One has to bring the multidimensional impact that schooling makes in the lives of people. There's nothing like it, and I think the importance of it has to be shaken into people's understanding and determination.”

People Thinking Understanding Determination Importance Impact Schooling

Author:Amartya Sen

“I don't think inspiration just comes from the sky. I think you have to sit down and you have to work. Sometimes it's really hard, and sometimes things come easier, but really you have to show up, you have to get to work, and you have to have determination.”

Thinking Sometimes Inspiration Determination

Author:Tara Donovan

“Obviously, the United States' own founding principles are self-determination. And I think what the United States and our allies want to do is to enable the Syrian people to make that determination. You know, we've seen what violent regime change looks like in Libya and - and the kind of chaos that can be unleashed.”

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Author:Rex W. Tillerson

“There's a law of physics: For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. And sometimes that shows up in politics and society. And I think that the reaction to President Trump's decision on the Paris Agreement has been much stronger than I had even hoped for. And the determination being expressed by so many people in state governments, city governments, in the business community, the investor community, is really heartening to me.”

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Author:Al Gore

“Failure turns into success. It looks like it happens overnight to other people, but it's just one person's determination to get past a certain goal. Everybody thinks it's an overnight success, but it's not. It's something someone has been working very, very hard on, and more than likely, has been too embarrassed to tell anybody. No one really wants to show other people their failures. They want to show their success.”

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Author:Ryan Guzman

“I think I'm determined. And I think if you're determined, you're right. Your behavior is exactly the same when you're stubborn, except then you're wrong. And so, there's times when I'm wrong, and I'd say, "Well, you were the dark side of determined." But I think determination, you know, it's like have an idea, think about the idea, the risks involved. What does it take to get from here to there? And then once you make the choice, you just keep going.”

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Author:Les Wexner

“I think the Iraqis themselves will have to make a determination as to what type of government they ultimately come up with and what kind of nation they ultimately come up with. But they can continually use America's troops presence. The problem is not going to change until they are confronted with the reality that they have to make decisions and they have to make them themselves. They have to decide whether they want a country, whether they're willing to put their lives on the line and sacrifice for a national interest as opposed to a regional or sectarian interest.”

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Author:Tom Vilsack

“All existing art was religious until perhaps a hundred years ago. Within that there's obviously been lots of room for manipulation. I think that's because our current religion is capitalism. Capitalism has the functions of patronage, commissions, control of content, bestowing of space, elevation of certain artists over others based on how much they pander to people in power, the determination of value of the work, all of it. Capitalism commissions artwork now, the market.”

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Author:Chitra Ganesh

“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.”

Source: One to one: understanding personal relationships

“I think KISS has always been about celebrating self-empowerment. Celebrating the idea that anything is possible with determination and hard work.”

Thinking Ideas Self Hard Hard Work Kissing Empowerment Determination Celebrate Self Empowerment Anything Is Possible

Author:Paul Stanley

“It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.”

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Author:Ben Stein

“I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult and this means, I think, that pleasure is out of the question. I would associate this with narcissism anyway and I would disapprove of it.”

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Author:Colm Toibin

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”

Source: Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.”

“We think of mortality so little these days... I thought of the stern Victorian determination to keep death in mind, the uncompromising tombstones. Remember, pilgrim, as you pass by, As you are now so once was I: As I am so will you be.”

Thinking Mind Littles Remember Determination These Days Mortality Pilgrim Victorian Tombstone Uncompromising

Author:Tana French

“How we are almost nothing. We think, in our youth, we are the centre of the universe, but we simply respond, go this way or that by accident, survive or improve by the luck of the draw, with little choice or determination on our part.”

Thinking Way Littles Choices Universe Youth Draws Determination Luck Accidents Centre

Author:Michael Ondaatje

“My spirit has pass'd in compassion and determination around the whole earth. I have look'd for equals and lovers an found them ready for me in all lands, I think some divine rapport has equalized me with them”

Thinking Looks Whole Earth Spirit Found Compassion Land Divine Ready Lovers Determination Rapport

Book:Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856

Source: Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856

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