It’s not up to one individual to decide, ‘I’m going to dictate the outcome of what’s going to happen legislatively.’ That is not a democracy; it’s an atrocity.
I am a filmmaker. My job is to make films. When something excites you – a story or characterisation – you immediately forget about everything else. You only think how to make a movie out of it. The economics come only later. You shouldn’t let money dictate the kind of films you should make.
If I want to be a real comedian, I can’t let you dictate my material, so I started creating more new material.
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.
You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you’ve lost it.
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.
I posed nude to show my parents they couldn’t dictate to me any more – that I control my life.
We’re all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I’m just going to let time dictate how Jim’s future evolves.
It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn’t want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well.
I am thinking about launching a wine website where there is a deal and the crowd can dictate how cheap it can get.
That would be the biggest shake-up Washington ever had, if big money didn’t dictate who the candidates were and who got elected.
Albums tend to dictate what they need. Every time I have made an album it sort of feels like it is decided for me how that album is going to sound; it is not really a cerebral decision where you sit down and decide that you are going to make an album that sounds like ‘this.’
I think, so often, we can let our circumstances dictate what our value is. And I have to remember that my value is the same whether I’m in the dirt or I’m picked up and dusted off.
We have to let our defense dictate our offense.
The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force to their well-meant endeavours, and raise them to public esteem.
Ultimate authority in a global system remains with sovereigns. Governments will not have it any other way: politicians face instant rejection from their electorate if they allow transnational authorities to dictate terms.
Basically, I try to let the song dictate what guitar I use. If it’s a really loud, crazy song, I’ll pull out the cheapest, oldest guitar I own, one that feeds back easily. But most of the time, I just use whatever’s around.
I worry about myself in the ring; I worry about what I can do and how I can dictate a fight.
Just in general, no matter what you’re doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life.
When I go into games as a forward, my job is really clear, and I just have to execute. But as a midfielder, you get to sort of enjoy the game more, and you get to feel the game and dictate the play.
It’s on the people to dictate what is relevant and what is moving.
I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you’re really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That’s the way I’ve always lived my life.
Kell Brook is a strong fighter. He likes to dictate the pace, which most boxers like to do. He likes to use his jab to set up other punches, like the left hook.
Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can’t.
I told myself at some point that I’ve got to hold it down for my family. I can’t let work and the check and the money dictate decisions that I truly want to make.
Throughout your life, you’ve been influenced by what you have done in the past, what you have been told you can and cannot do, and what your present circumstances seem to dictate.
I’m an improvisational actor. I like to do my own thing. But once in a while, I think you should have the self-restraint to let someone else dictate the story.
I can’t dictate how I play because I’m injured. I’ve got to go out there and still play.
The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.
The speech recognition is now good enough that I dictate emails on my phone rather than type them in. It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough that it changes how I interact with my phone.
I remember once doing a benefit for a Jewish charity and wearing an enormous cross. I kind of don’t let the audience dictate anything to me. I sort of dictate to them, and they better be on board.
I can’t let other people dictate how I see myself.
I think a lot of people miss out on opportunities, they miss out on achieving their dream, and they miss out on doing what they love to do because they’re allowing something else, something outside of them and outside of God, to dictate what their life’s going to look like.
I don’t allow people’s outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.
Starbucks has stores in America in many, many communities that are governed by many, many different municipalities. Starbucks cannot dictate to a municipality in Cincinnati or Kansas City or Sacramento how or why or when there should be a recycling program.
I don’t think Arizonans are interested in having the Mormon religion dictate public policy to them.
I don’t want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
It’s the fans that dictate what wrestling is. That’s the one constant from 1917 to 2017.
I quite like being aggressive and horrible which gives you more confidence to dictate over strikers and to make them feel they have had a frustrating game when they’ve walked off the pitch, feeling very down.
Obviously, I’ve seen what the press has done to my cousins. I would never let that rule my life, but I’m not the kind of person to rebel or do things. I don’t know. I don’t let the potential for bad press dictate who I am, but I keep that in mind. How can you not?
The United States can’t dictate outcomes to a sovereign Iraq. But it can support, incentivize and mobilize those willing to move Iraq in the right direction.
I try to read spinners and dictate to them, but they know very quickly if you’re not reading them or if you’re not confident.
As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear.
It’s a cliche, and in a way it’s a conservative idea about fiction, but I did learn the hard way that plot does need to dictate the story.
I don’t let my wardrobe dictate my diet.
Hipsters. We all know one. They’re those fun, little, arrogant people who let the ideal of ‘anti-consumerism,’ combined with a hatred for all things normal, dictate their every action.
To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea… someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself.
We’ve carried that over into the visual development as well. We’ve designed quite an exotic cast of characters, but the last thing we want is to dictate to the players how their PCs should look. What we want to do is inspire.
I think the defense is going to dictate how many shots you get.
I feel like if you start letting other people dictate how you’re going to play the game, you shouldn’t play the game. That’s just that simple.
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.
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.
The trouble is that in south cinema, after you become successful at the box office, market realities dictate your choice of films, and it becomes difficult to experiment.
No one from abroad can dictate to us whether Poles are allowed to defend themselves against slandering.
No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
You can play fast but not in a hurry. As a point guard, I can dictate that.
My game plan – doesn’t matter who I play – is to play on my terms, to control as much as I can, to try to get control of the centre of the court, to try to dictate and make them move, to be their director rather than letting them impose their game on me.
What makes that turnstile turn? That’s what made wrestling what it has become. The fans dictate the direction of the wrestling industry.
I would say the nature of what I do can be very overwhelming and some things revolve around things that are not positive. But I cannot allow fear to dictate my readings.
