#choose

Part of being of a true existentialist is wanting to be what we make ourselves be by the way we choose to act, as opposed to making excuses for the way we act and regretting it. ↗

— Gary Cox

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The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses. ↗

— Isabel Allende

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By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college. ↗

— Sidney Altman

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As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

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I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

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I didn't choose to be an actress. ↗

— Francesca Annis

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One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

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With Groo, I try to do one story every book. Sometimes the stories are better if they go a little longer, and I choose to do it in four issues. ↗

— Sergio Aragones

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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. ↗

— Aristotle

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Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it. ↗

— Kevyn Aucoin

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