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dictate to

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No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. Friedrich Schiller

We don't need ‘masters' that dictate to other countries, let alone politicizing and turning the human rights issue into a tool, practicing double standards and interference in the internal affairs of other countries under the pretext of human rights. Xi Jinping

I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully. Spike Lee

I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life. LaToya Jackson

The block of wood should not dictate to the carver. Maori Proverb

The block of wood should not dictate to the carver. New Zealander Proverb

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