I love music. I love creating, so I just get inspired with whatever mood I’m in. Whatever the story dictates, that’s where my mind goes.
The country needs leadership driven by the dictates of national security, not the ebb and flow of political fortunes.
Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.
Our morality is based on so many factors: of where we were born, who we were born to, what values were instilled in us, what values we chose, the way that our lives have shaped us. That dictates so much of what we assume is our morality, and also the culture, all of these things.
I think football reflects our society. Our society changes. The evolution of society dictates the evolution of the game.
Economic theory dictates that the value of a company is basically the present value of its future profits. To estimate Facebook’s value through its future profits, we need to have a view on its user growth and how this will evolve in the next 10 to 50 years.
What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don’t change.
Getting a traditional pharmaceutical to the market can cost a billion dollars or more. Newer, more tailored and targeted drugs called biologics are even more complex and expensive. Simple economics dictates that companies and venture funds will invest more in products that can generate a sufficient return.
Simple logic dictates that if you cannot even conceive the possibility of leaving a negotiation, then it is preferable never to enter one.
There’s a belonging problem in Hollywood. Who dictates who belongs? The very body who dictates that looks all one way.
Fracking is doable if there’s full disclosure of all chemicals used. Secondly, science dictates the policy rather than politics. Third, there’s collaboration between environmental groups and the natural gas industry.
The concept of making a movie in which the director dictates is kind of exotic – and absolutely not truthful. Directing means allowing a great deal of collaboration and listening and having the ability to change your mind.
Marketing is a very good thing, but it shouldn’t control everything. It should be the tool, not that which dictates.
Sometimes people get upset when you tell the truth, when you share the facts as science dictates.
Social etiquette dictates that when in mixed company, one should avoid discussing politics and religion. As someone who is quite active on various social portals, I can attest to the visceral emotions that are triggered when these topics are broached!
Defining the terms of the debate generally dictates who’s gonna’ win it.
I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It’s not that you say, ‘I want to write a science fiction book.’ You start from the other end, and what you have to say dictates the form of it.
No matter when you were born or where, puberty is the same. It’s the same for your parents as it is for you – what’s happening in your body dictates everything.
When you’re in a very specific kind of wardrobe, it kind of dictates your movement; it also kind of enables you – or, I guess, disables you – from certain kinds of movement.
It is not the form that dictates the color, but the color that brings out the form.
The arrangement of the words matters, and the arrangement you want can be found in the picture in your mind. The picture dictates the arrangement. The picture dictates whether this will be a sentence with or without clauses, a sentence that ends hard or a dying-fall sentence, long or short, active or passive.
What’s on the page dictates a lot of what I do. When the words are there, it’s easy.
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