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- Nov 07, 2020
Decision Quotes
The weight of a choice, before and after it's made.
This page collects decision quotes spanning military campaigns, a wartime scientific effort that ultimately went nowhere, and the personal calculus behind everyday choices, like skipping a workout for a role. One entry recalls the internal tug-of-war before founding Teach For America. See our Choice for a closer look at that moment of deciding.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Chief Justice Warren and his associates had known God's word and had desired to do the Lord's will, I am quite confident that the 1954 decision would never have been made.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Theresa May has made a decision that we want our economic future to remain close to Europe: it's the biggest single market in the world; it's right on our doorstep.
- Someone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every choice leads you somewhere, but it might not be where you truly want to be if the decision is based on someone else. It could lead to regrets and what-ifs, but that doesn't mean you wouldn't still have valuable experiences.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a very hard decision to let people know about the multiple sclerosis because we're in an industry where illness is not something that show business likes.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's more to us than the moment we made a bad decision.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that in my own life and with the people I've been coaching, when people make the decision to get rich, they're available to do things that are outside of their comfort zones and stretch themselves.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ric Flair, The Freebirds, and The Rockers were great influences in my decision to become a wrestler.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Liberalism does not preclude an organisation of the flow of money in which some channels are used in decision making while others are only good for the payment of debts.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I made the decision to stop working regionally and just focus on being in New York, part of the reason that instigated that choice was a desire to work on new plays and know what it was to originate a part.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics, as a profession, is not about making the right political decision. It's about making the right decision and then managing the political consequences.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The competitor in me wants to play, but it's not my job to make that decision. That's what the coaches are paid for.
- Nov 07, 2020