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Choice Quotes


"Many of our constituents have one option for cable TV and one price. Our constituents desire choice."


"And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice to stay on at school, to go to university, to be something else, other than going down the pit."



"Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done."


"It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."


"I made my choice to be in Ferrari. It is not easy because it is important for a man to have satisfaction. And for me to get the satisfaction I want means getting results."


"2010 is not just a choice between Republicans and Democrats. 2010 is not just a choice between liberals and conservatives. 2010 is a referendum on the very identity of our nation."



"Did you know that the White House drug test is multiple choice?"


"I am limited by what I can think of to do-my choices are not so great."


"I would be lying if I said the journalism doesn't reflect my own choices as a reporter and a writer: what to say, what to emphasize, how to say it, what is true or untrue."



"If I had a choice about going to a meeting at a studio or changing a nappy, I'd choose the nappy."



"After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced. So that's kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today... A former No. 1 choice looks to me like he's going to be a bust in Detroit."


"I think I was first choice for the part. I don't know - that's what they always tell you anyway. I didn't have to do any audition for the part. Sam saw me in Dinner and the whole thing slipped into place."


"Your power to choose can never be taken from you. It can be neglected and it can be ignored. But if used, it can make all the difference."



"Anything you can do needs to be done, so pick up the tool of your choice and get started."



"To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!"


"He was terrified he was making the wrong choice. He relied on his instincts in his work but now he didn't dare trust them. The wound of betrayal still burned raw in his chest and another cut might be the killing blow.But it was the end of the world and there may be no more second chances."


"My parents were laborers so we lived on South Park, which was a low-income region of Seattle. You had a choice - you either joined or formed a gang or you let others bully you."


"If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow."


"I don't have much choice these days in how I have my hair."


"Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices."



"We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to."


"If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar."


"But, if you don't like your current Rx coverage or don't have any coverage to begin with, you'll now have the choice to add this new affordable option to your current Medicare plan."


"You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspect of filmmaking requires choice. The selection of the subject, the shooting, editing and length are all aspects of choice."


"But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe."


"I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to paint. You're a writer because this is what you do."


"In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."


"Once everyone else around you starts to become incredibly comfortable - if anything, quite happy with what you are doing - then I start to settling in and trusting all those choices that I've made up to that point."



"It is a sad commentary that today we face a choice between having schools that are a monument to our past - or schools that will be the lifeblood of our future. But since that is our choice, let us resolve to choose wisely."


"It seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency."


"Even in the most uneventful of our lives, we are called upon to choose our battles..."


"The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe."


"Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones?"


"I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice."
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