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Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting...

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about economy, society

It's harder to get stand-alone material published, but it's worth the wait and effort, and then, if you really want to do a Star Trek novel, you can pretty much dictate the terms.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about celebrity

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

Quote by John Adams about state, things

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, hope, man

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.

Quote by Jane Austen about attack, fasting

The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about teaching

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about guvernement, justice, reason, man

You go according to what people dictate. They like it; they want to hear me. I put the tickets on sale and they bought them.

Quote by Whitney Houston about nation, people

Reason obeys itself, and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Quote by Thomas Paine about reason, ignorance

Some artists would rather go in there and let some other things dictate the kind of record they do, but I've got such a great team.

Quote by Brad Paisley about opinion, artists, things

If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish.

Quote by Gwyneth Paltrow about country, old, reason

And because it's such a small town, your behavior is to some extent dictated by the fact that everybody in town knows you and you know everybody else.

Quote by Estelle Parsons about city

The conscience dictates your duty, not the laws...

Quote by Liviu Rebreanu about conscience, duty