“I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingTryingSeemsPiecesInfluenceParticularDegreesDetermineAdmireInputCounterproductive Author:Kevin Powers
“Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit, or how to determine how many viewers are watching beyond some people with Nielsen boxes in a small percentage of homes in random areas.” PeopleWayNeedsHomeTechnologyFiguresChangedAreasDetermineBoxesViewersPercentages Author:Jim Rash
“There is no binary division to be made between what one says and what one does not say; we must try to determine the different ways of not saying things.” WayTryingDoeMadeDifferentDetermineDifferent WaysDivisionBinary Book:The History of Sexuality: An Introduction Source: The History of Sexuality: An Introduction
“Modern technology has conveniently provided a measuring stick by which you can determine whether or not you are conducting your business in an acceptable, ethical way. . . . You can ask yourself: How will I feel if my business dealings today are secretly recorded on a hidden video camera, and appear on this evening's television newscast for all to see?” IfsWayFeelsTodayAsksTechnologyModernTelevisionMoralityCamerasSticksDetermineVideoEveningEthicalAcceptableMeasuringConductingDealingsModern TechnologyVideo Cameras Author:Wayne D. Dosick
“When you die in this life, you might be experiencing pain, but the structure of your perceptual field will determine your next lifetime. That structure has been determined by the way you have led this life.” WayHas BeensMightPainDiesNextFieldsStructureLifetimeDetermineDeterminedThis LifeRebirthNext Lifetime Author:Frederick Lenz
“There's a certain kind of existential freedom that comes to people who realize that all the things that they hold onto and that they think define them, once they're gone, there's this new freedom to determine the way you're going to live your life.” PeopleThinkingWayKindCertainRealizingGoneDetermineExistentialLive Your Life Author:Donal Logue
“Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.” MenWayMeanStatesReasonLyingChoicesConcernedExcellenceDetermineDeterminedPracticalsRelativeMoral Excellence Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation