Viola Davis

I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated, that we are indeed messy, that we do our best with what we've been given. We come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and put on our lives that we have to fight against.

American Actress

Zazie Beetz

Despite my career, so much of my life has been dictated by what I'm afraid of: fear that I am not talented. Fear that people will finally realize that I am a boring individual who doesn't have many ambitions beyond starting a family 'at a good time' in life.

German Actress

Holly Willoughby

With any body shape it's important to buy the right size and not be dictated to by size you think you are. Try on a bigger and a smaller size in the shop and see what fits visually. If you do have to go up a size, cut the label out, it's just a number!

English Celebrity

Ansel Adams

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

American Photographer

Hjalmar Schacht

Material loss can be made up through renewed labor, but the moral wrong which has been inflicted upon the conquered peoples, in the peace dictates, leaves a burning scar on the people's conscience.

German Economist

Ernestine Rose

If any difference should be made by law between husband and wife, reason, justice and humanity, if their voices were heard, would dictate that it should be in her favor.

American Activist

Estella Warren

It's hard to go with a trend. As soon as it's out, everyone picks it up. It's important to stay true to yourself. Have fun with fashion instead of letting it dictate.

Canadian Model

Grant Achatz

I lived my whole life in the kitchen. Not only that, but it's the passion, it's the love for cooking and food. It's dictated my entire life - every aspect of it.

American Chef

Ferdinand Buisson

A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.

French Activist

Normani Kordei

You can't allow someone's hate to dictate your life.

American Musician

Used when someone is speaking and another is writing what's said, often in a formal setting.

Speaking Context

The person dictating expects their words to be written verbatim.

Attention to Detail

Indicates a power dynamic, where the dictator has authority over the listener.

Authority Implied

Can imply a lack of choice, possibly causing resentment or pushback.

Possible Resentment

Something that indirectly affects or shapes outcomes or decisions.

Influence without Force

Sometimes used neutrally to describe effects of non-controllable factors.

Not Always Negative

Describes how circumstances can guide decisions without direct orders.

Passive Influence

 and we had this big idea, and the big idea was, let's put the individual human being at the center of the universe above all gods and mysteries, and there's no more room for mystical creatures who take dictation from the divine. And it's the beginning of rational humanism, and people started to believe that creativity came completely from the self of the individual.

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 you know how I've struggled with weight issues my whole isobe you hustle everyone in our family turns out our bodies are filled with these microbes they totally have a huge say maybe dictate how would you weigh there in your gut during your vagina there in your mouth and apparently having

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 of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose. And I was like, "You know what? I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'm not going to let fear dictate what I do." And then all of these awesome things started happening, and dominoes started to fall.

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 a hypnotic state of cognitive dissonance in which one is compelled to disregard their own perception in place of the officially dictated version of events, leaving the individual completely dependent on the State's definition of reality itself. The result is a world

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 but one thing for I've got to be a better leader. I've got to be a better person. I cannot let that six-year-old keep dictating my life anymore. I have to put him back in his place. So this is where I went online and looked for help. Google was my friend.

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 The fact is, we all have biases against what's different, what's different to our social norms. The thing is, if we want to live in a world where the circumstances of your birth do not dictate your future and where equal opportunity is ubiquitous,

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 But we don't get to dictate. Sometimes nature's like, uh-uh. Not today. And so when you live in this type of lifestyle, and you're actually living off of the land and the ocean, you are living by what nature gives you. Connecting over conquering.

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 If you had told me that this smart, funny, sensitive man who adored me would one day dictate whether or not I wore makeup, how short my skirts were, where I lived, what jobs I took,

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 the trees are run away winners they not only dictate the bodies and lifestyles of these monkeys but ensure that the density of mammals is kept low in the

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