When the merchant saw that the genius was determined to cut off his head, he said: "One word more, I entreat you.
"I am determined to stop this barbarous practice of the Sultan's, and to deliver the girls and mothers from the awful fate that hangs over them.
One determined young girl went straight to the top to try to find a job for her unemployed dad — she asked the First Lady.
Determined to get something done… (anything really)… I picked up one small task.
Even in a tough economy, there are jobs for those that are hard-working and determined.
His parents Terence and Marie Robinson were determined to celebrate their son's life and passions, having his body carried in a Star Wars coffin on a white horse-drawn carriage surrounded by stormtroopers.
People, just like you, following their passions, determined to meet the times on their own terms.
Edgar Bergen (1903 - 1978), (Charlie McCarthy) The nature of society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow-by the tilt of the social landscape.
And a person's character isn't determined by how he or she enjoys victory, but rather how he or she endures defeat.
Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 11-06-03 I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
I cannot tell you how many emails I have received from 30somethings since The Defining Decade came out, ones in which the writer says something like, "I used to roll my eyes at my peers who were determined to meet benchmarks--graduate school, real relationships, decent-paying jobs that reflect their interests--on time or early.
A Jackdaw who witnessed the capture of the lamb, was stirred with envy, and determined to emulate the strength and flight of the Eagle.
She often thought with herself how she might obtain two eggs daily instead of one, and at last, to gain her purpose, determined to give the Hen a double allowance of barley.
If you had as many brains in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down before you had inspected the way up, nor have exposed yourself to dangers from which you had determined upon no means of escape.
The best way to overcome a negative time is to be determined to find a way out of it.
Now determined to raise awareness of the anxiety disorder, Danny is working with Fixers – a national charity helping young people 'to 'fix' the issues that matter to them.
Jupiter determined, it is said, to create a sovereign over the birds, and made proclamation that, on a certain day, they should all present themselves before him, when he would himself choose the most beautiful among them to be king.
The Hares, oppressed with a sense of their own exceeding timidity, and weary of the perpetual alarm to which they were exposed, with one accord determined to put an end to themselves and their troubles, by jumping from a lofty precipice into a deep lake below.
It was now determined that on this fine morning they should at once begin to ascend, so that hereafter no one should be able to say, I could easily have flown much higher, but the evening came on, and I could do no more.
They were very sad, but were determined to stay together and make the best of it.
