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141 " They become the keepers of the mystery. They place themselves between the communicants of the religion, and the immediate experience. And then they dictate the terms on which you can have contact with this wonderful mystery. We don't dictate those terms. "
142 " You're going to struggle. You're going to do well. You can't really let the past or the day before - whether you had a good day or bad day - dictate the day you have that certain day. "
143 " No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. "
144 " For different roles, my condition and training and diet does alter. Depending on the role, it will really dictate the type of training I do. "
145 " I'd like to think Helen very much understood what it was to be disadvantaged in the medical field. And that that was something that she never let dictate her choices. "
146 " As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy? "
147 " Man doesn't dictate what you do or how you do it. If you believe in God, believe in God; have your faith in him. That's where my faith lies. "
148 " I've always deplored bad heterosexual values that dictate the minute a marriage is over the former partners no longer speak to each other only straights could be so cruel and inhuman as to reject totally the person with whom they've shared their life for 20 or 30 years. "
149 " I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. "
150 " A government of, by, and for the people requires that people talk to people, that we can agree to disagree but do so in civility. If we let the politicians and those who report dictate our discourse, then our course will be dictated. "
151 " Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in. "
152 " Liberals want the government to get bigger, and they want you to drive smaller cars, and they want to dictate the way you live. "
153 " I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am. "
154 " We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree. "
155 " Like the marriage contract you entered into, your divorce is a legal transaction. Treat it that way. Try not to let emotion, hurt, fear or anger dictate the circumstances of your discussions or negotiations. "
156 " Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. "
