#choice

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#lie #life #moderation #pleasures #ring

Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#approved #choices #dangerous #dangerous place #family life

I dropped out of college my junior year to do Saturday Night Live, and I didn't even consult my parents. They were very supportive because they had no choice. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#choice #college #consult #dropped #even

We are told we must choose — the old or the new. In fact, we must choose both. What is a life if not a series of negotiations between the old and the new?" [Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003] ↗

— Susan Sontag

#choices #future #life #past #present

I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#avoid #choice #i #into #locking

I've never made choices based on money - I always trust my gut. ↗

— David James Elliott

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Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real. ↗

— Colin Firth

#almost #because #choices #comedy #errors

I am for gay marriage. Or same-sex marriage. I don't want to say it the wrong way. I think people are sensitive to it. I have been painted as being this right-wing zealot on choice. Nothing could be further from the truth. ↗

— Harold Ford

#been #being #choice #could #further

Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas. ↗

— Rachel True

#beats #choices #come #gas #happy

What we must understand is that the industries, processes, and inventions created by modern science can be used either to subjugate or liberate. The choice is up to us. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

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