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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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child.
- Nov 07, 2020
The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People always think that I came from this dynasty of actors. But that's not true, because it was just dad. So as a child... I got to try it out really young... and I really loved it. I pretty much made my decision back then to become an actor. And then, more and more of us have joined the trend. So now, we're definitely an acting family.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would guess that the decision to create a small special purpose language or use an existing general purpose language is one of the toughest decisions that anyone facing the need for a new language must make.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was executive officer, which is second-in-command, on a ship called the Hull, one of three ordered into a typhoon by Admiral Halsey - an insane and sadistic decision.
- Plants
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the decision to make substances like steroids from plants, rather than from animal tissues, was a landmark in the history of medicine as well as the history of chemistry.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important decision you can make as a showrunner when you're doing a pilot is who's in it and who's directing it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.
- Nov 07, 2020
It is mostly a spur of the moment decision to try out an actor's voice for a particular song.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more and I can take more unpopular decisions. I can have as my guidance for decision whatever is right, not whatever is popular.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
From squalls, jibes, and other sudden calamities, I learned you don't always get to decide when you've got to make a decision.
- Conscious Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never made a conscious decision to choose work over other considerations.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Harvard is famous for being an 'absorbing state' for faculty with almost no one leaving it for another institution, which is why the decision of granting tenure is a life long commitment.
- Full Advantage
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- Nov 07, 2020
When consumers do not take full advantage of efficiency gains, it is because they are weighing other factors that influence their decision making. When the federal government arbitrarily places one of those factors over others, it makes consumers worse off.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020