#deciding

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things. ↗

— Stephen Covey

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Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

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There's no worse crime in journalism these days than simply deciding something's a story because Drudge links to it. ↗

— Chuck Todd

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Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

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I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#away #become #being #come #decide

When I'm deciding to read a book, I never open to the first chapter, because that's been revised and worked over 88 times. I'll just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

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Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life. ↗

— David Hockney

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Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

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You can hesitate before deciding, but not once the decision is made. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

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Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut. ↗