#choosing

I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people. ↗

— Kate Bush

#because #choosing #dancing #devoting #going

No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isn't yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#actually #becomes #choosing #close #experience

But someone sometime let you forget how to choose, and what. Someone let your peoples forget it was the only thing of importance, choosing. . . How to choose any but a child's greedy choices if there is no loving-filled father to guide, inform, teach the person how to choose? How is there freedom to choose if one does not learn how to choose? ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#choosing #freedom

Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks. ↗

— Ted Kulongoski

#choosing #closing #elections #ranks #sides

In choosing a partner, always pick the optimist. ↗

— Tony Lema

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As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#choosing #i #life #literature #mistake

I don't have makeup on all the time, but when I want, I have fun with my friends choosing clothes and putting nail polish on. ↗

— Emma Watson

#clothes #friends #fun #have fun #i

When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. ↗

— Mae West

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One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect; and all nations have honorable place in the world's family. ↗

— Paul Harris

#choosing #entitled #family #his #honorable

Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise. ↗

— Martha Beck

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