- 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
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a demon, we have an angel inside, within our souls, and you just play with it, and sometimes the evil part of you wins the battle, in a very important decision, or in a bedtime, with your lover. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a very insightful friend who warned me back when I stopped reading scripts, 'It's easier to change directions while you're still moving.' If you stop, it's harder to get started again. I still don't think I made the wrong decision, but he was right.
- Few Women
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, too few women take the risk of running for political office or assuming positions of influence. As a result, our voices are not part of the conversation yet alone the final decision.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
On signing day, my mom brought me the national letter of intent to Arkansas. I should feel like I'm making the right decision. You get that many people telling you that. I had been dreaming about it. I signed 'No' where I was supposed to sign my name and put an exclamation point.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Empirical evidence collected and analyzed by political scientists demonstrates that judicial pensions are the most important factor in a Justice's decision to retire, far more important than the party of the President or which political party has control of the Senate.
- Players
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- Nov 07, 2020
Spain is such a competitive league, and for the players to give up La Liga, it's such a tough decision.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
City came in strongly for me, put their cards on the table, and what I have found out since is that every game in England is a privilege - the atmosphere, the fans, the interest that surrounds it. Every time I go out on the pitch, I know I've made the right decision.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I retired when the Supreme Court rose for the summer recess in 2009, and a couple of weeks later I drove north from Washington with no regrets about the prior 19 years or about the decision to try living a more normal life for whatever time might remain.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
If speech always wins, even if it's an atomic secret that's going to be broadcast to our enemies, it's easy to make a decision. Speech always wins. But it doesn't... Liberty doesn't always trump equality or equality always trump liberty.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
For those whose exclusive norm of constitutional judging is merely fair reading of language applied to facts objectively viewed, 'Brown' must either be flat-out wrong or a very mystifying decision.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Constitution is a pantheon of values, and a lot of hard cases are hard because the Constitution gives no simple rule of decision for the cases in which one of the values is truly at odds with another.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came back to Chelsea to stay. When I took my decision to come back here from Paris, it was to win the Premier League and to do something again with Chelsea, so I am very happy here.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020