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what society dictates, we consume, cattle gathering around learning devices called television, mouths opening wider while addictive morsels of consumerism are violently jammed into us and we lose more bits and pieces of our collective identity daily.

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
1 year ago

However, logic dictates that at some point during the first few hundred million years, these familiar-looking objects must have come from somewhere and evolved, after all, galaxies don't spring up from nothing, virtually overnight.

George Rieke

Found on CNN
2 years ago

glazed eyes staring stupid looking at nothing and seeing everything born of and into ignorance what society dictates we consume cattle gathering around learning devices called television

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

**(C)(P)-THE URGENCY OF NOW-SITUATION DICTATES THAT WE ACT WITH DUE DILIGENCE AND COMPETENCE TO GET AND ACHIEVE OUR FOCUSED OBJECTIVES. DIFFICULT CONSEQUENCES MAY ARISE FROM DIFFICULT DECISIONS MADE. HINDSIGHT MAY ALWAYS TRY TO VALIDATE FORESIGHT, BUT ONLY IF FORESIGHT WAS PREDICTABLE IN ITS OUTCOMES!

RAS CARDO REGGAE

added by jahmantafari1
2 years ago

But this gives us hope, this lets us know that there is change on the way if we keep pressing and mashing the gas for people in leadership to pass laws. We need police reform. There's no way the color of your skin or your race dictates how you are policed when in police custody. That's absolutely unacceptable.

Derek Chauvins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The current climate dictates that we bear arms, it is essential that we are able to protect ourselves, those we love and our belongings.

Chanel Tillman

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I must follow the dictates of my conscience and resign as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs.

Black Americans

Found on CNN
3 years ago

No one commenter or group of market participants dictates the agency's agenda or approach to an issue. We receive input from and listened to the concerns of all market participants and the public.

Elad Roisman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Technology dictates how people live their life, we become TechPally either knowingly or unknowingly. It does not matter whether we're for it or against it, it has ruled the world we live.

Akinyande Ayomide

added by chaktty
4 years ago

Alibaba hardly lacks access to capital, but the Hong Kong listing isn't being driven by normal business strategy. Alibaba is being a good corporate citizen — and a shrewd operator — in following Beijing's dictates.

Brock Silvers

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders and millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves and the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.

Howard Zinn

added by Normando
4 years ago

Kelly is a much more dedicated Scientologist than John, scientology dictates every choice in life and informs every decision a Scientologist makes.

Mike Rinder

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Religion dictates, spirituality invites.

Leslie Miklosy

added by anonymous
6 years ago

No American should be forced to choose between the dictates of the federal government and the tenets of their faith.

President Trump

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The order he blocked was a watered-down version of the first order that was also blocked by another judge and should have never been blocked to start with, this new order was tailored to the dictates of the 9th Circuit's -- in my opinion -- flawed ruling.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I only compete in coed events, people usually underestimate the girls, but I’ve turned heads. I don’t think gender dictates how well you do.

Molly Schuyler

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Defenders of sanctuary policies say they protect immigrants from deportation and reduce illegal immigrants ’ fear of cops. But critics, including Homeland Security Department officials say releasing illegal immigrant criminals inside the U.S. is dangerous. Claude Arnold, a retired U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations, said sanctuary advocates claim immigration enforcement is the exclusive responsibility of the federal government, however enacting laws like the California Trust Act, which dictates how the federal government can enforce the law, contradicts those claims and can be devastating consequences. The murder of 32-year-old Kathlene Steinle’s in June 2015 by Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is a prime example, Claude Arnold said. Steinle was shot dead while strolling on San Francisco’s Embarcadero with her father. The alleged shooter, a felon and five-time deportee, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges, claiming the shooting was an accident. Those responsible for releasing him not long before the shooting despite a federal request to detain him for deportation should also have consequences, Claude Arnold said. When sanctuary jurisdictions like San Francisco County release criminals that officials know are in the U.S. illegally, and those criminals commit heinous crimes, those responsible should be federally prosecuted.

Claude Arnold

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Price dictates the flow of oil.

Sarah Emerson

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The fact is that his strongest sponsors, Iran and Russia, have both adopted at the United Nations ... an approach which dictates that there must be a political transition, and that we must move towards a presidential election at some point in time, if the regime and its backers think that they can test the boundaries, diminish compliance in certain areas or act in ways that call into question their commitment to the cessation, without serious consequences for the progress that we have made, they are deeply mistaken.

State John Kerry

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There is no room for accommodating an apocalyptic cult like ISIL and the United States makes no apology for using our military as part of a broad coalition to go after it, realism dictates that compromise will be required to end the fighting and ultimately stamp out ISIL.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our conscience dictates, but religious liberty, by its nature, transcends places of worship and the private sphere of individuals and families.

Pope Francis

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I know what will make the father take such extreme measures to try to get his family to safety. I had tears in my eyes. Only a parent would understand, visas are not the cause of the problem, but it's a big part of why thousands are dead at sea and it dictates our movements and freedom.

Khalid Albaih

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Every future turns into the past. The richness of your past dictates what you are today. It’s not your decision what you are today, but what you will be tomorrow. This is where a part of your decision comes into play.

Ruben Papian

added by anonymous
8 years ago

The amount of care you need dictates the price.

Liz Taylor

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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