- Think
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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
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I released my first record, I was really in the middle of having made the decision to follow the clinical psychology path, which is competitive, rigorous, and fairly conservative.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Right before I came back to TNA, I had made the decision to just sort of step away from wrestling. Therefore I really walked into TNA holding nothing back and let the chips fall where they fell.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The decision to use a pen name was nothing more than a desire to compartmentalise my life. However, I had not thought about an appropriate pseudonym, and since there's an abundance of anagrams in the novel, the idea struck me: why not use an anagram of my name? Hence, Shawn Haigins.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Did God create man, or did man create God? Either way, the decision needs to be reviewed.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people made their first luxury fashion purchase, but at a discount. And that made it an easier purchasing decision.
- Questions
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone is making a very expensive purchase decision, they typically have a lot of questions about the fit and about what to wear the item with. In some cases, they'll ask for additional images or want to contact the designer.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a good decision maker; that's one of the things I don't like about myself.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never, ever decided that I had to write a novel because, to me, there's no such decision that ought to be made. It's only something that I felt compelled to do, and it began to evolve.
- Applauded
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- Nov 07, 2020
When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into the Olympics.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think leadership demands 'yes' or 'no' answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn't demand unanimity.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020