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Charismatic Lithuanian baritone Vytautas Juozapaitis was a spirited, energetic Don Giovanni who held the audience's rapt attention whenever he was on stage. He had an authoritative sound that could be romantically enticing in an attempt to seduce a lady, but could change instantly into a commanding tone when anyone attempted to thwart his will.
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It is one of the paradoxes of journalism: The more servile a reporter is toward his sources, the more authoritative he can appear in print.

andrew ferguson

— "Scotty: All the news that's fit to schmooze," The Weekly Standard (2003-02-24)

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The New Testament was not produced as a single work issued by an authoritative Church for the instruction of its members. The four Gospels were composed in different times and places over perhaps a third of a century, and for a time circulated separately among a number of other narratives of our Lord's life (of which the newly discovered fragment of an unknown gospel may have been one).

frederic g. kenyon

— Chapter X, The Position Today, p. 133

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In a general way, a major goal of the propagandist is to seek some kind of authoritative backing for the belief he or she is propagating.

randal marlin

— Chapter Three, Propaganda Technique, p. 99

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Only what coronation is in an earthly way, baptism is in a heavenly way; God's authoritative declaration in material form of a spiritual reality.

frederick william robertson

— P. 21. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))

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I will go upon the rock, boys, and look abroad for the savages," said Ishmael shortly after, advancing towards them wit a mien which he intended should be conciliating, at the same time that it was authoritative. "If there is nothing to fear, we will go out on the plain; the day is too good to be lost in words, like women in the towns wrangling over their tea and sugared cakes.

james fenimore cooper

— The Prairie (1827)

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How long shall we blunder along without the aid of unpartisan and authoritative scientific assistance in the administration of justice, no one knows; but all fair persons not conventionalized by provincial legal habits of mind ought, I should think, unite to effect some change.

learned hand

— Parke, Davis & Co. v. H. K. Mulford Co. (1911).

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As Christianity in its beginnings was surrounded by the polytheistic beliefs and practices of the pagan world, a clear and authoritative expression of Monotheism was necessary. Hence the symbols of faith, or creeds, open with the words: "I [we] believe in God"...(APOSTLES' CREED; ATHANASIAN CREED:;; NICENE CREED.)


— page 501 of The Catholic Encyclopedia published in 1913.

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Rain drenched streets, dreamy youth smoking joints, their enigmatic fascination with rock music, literature, the authoritative Khasis and their antagonism against Dkhars (non-Khasis), snacking on peppered boiled potatoes soaked in tamarind water, and the wanting to break free attitude, all of it and more is part of a picturesque narration that makes the reader fall in love with Shillong.

Anjum Hasan

— Of Shillong, lunacy and life, The Times of India, by Arunima Mazumdar (11 July 2013)

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The Puranas are authoritative scriptures of the Hindu dharma. Like the “ Sruti ” (the audible word), the “ Smriti ” (the divine word remembered) is an authoritative scripture though not of the same order.


— Sri Aurobindo, in Sri Aurobindo Writings in Bengali Translated into English

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How long shall we blunder along without the aid of unpartisan and authoritative scientific assistance in the administration of justice, no one knows; but all fair persons not conventionalized by provincial legal habits of mind ought, I should think, unite to effect some change.

learned hand

— Learned Hand, Parke, Davis & Co. v. H. K. Mulford Co. (1911).

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Over the years of sovereign development your country has achieved impressive results in social-economic, industrial and scientific spheres. Today India as an authoritative member of world community plays an important role in UN, SCO, BRICS, other global and regional structures.


— Vladimir Putin (Russian President) on India's 66th Independence Day [1]

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