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Choice Quotes

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

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

Mackenzie Crook, English Actor

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"The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise."

"The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

Choice, Exercise, Language, Mind

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

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

John Prescott, British Politician

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

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

William Glasser, American Psychologist

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"I will offer a choice, not an echo."

"I will offer a choice, not an echo."

Barry Goldwater, American Politician

Choice, Echo, Will

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

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

Harold Wilson, English Statesman

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"The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted."

"The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted."

Peter R. Grant, American Scientist

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"I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me."

"I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me."

Danny Glover, American Actor

Choice, Choices

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"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."

"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."

Frederick Wiseman, American Director

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"Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer."

"Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

Choice, Country, Writer

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

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

Melissa Bean, American Politician

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"If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice."

"If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice."

Nikki Giovanni, American Poet

Choice, First, Key

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

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

Tim Burton, American Director

Choice, Meeting

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"Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing."

"Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

Choice, Choices, Reality, Taste

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

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

J. K. Rowling, English Author

Choice, Choices

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"I think that you really don't have a choice, when you see that things are wrong the only choice you really have is to just do what you can to make it better."

"I think that you really don't have a choice, when you see that things are wrong the only choice you really have is to just do what you can to make it better."

Jon Fishman, American Musician

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"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."

"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."

Jean Alesi, French Celebrity

Choice, Man, Results, Satisfaction

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

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

Penelope Lively, English Author

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

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

Corliss Lamont, American Philosopher

Choice, Decisions, Freedom, Man

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"Eventually stardom is going to go away from me. It goes away from everybody and all you have in the end is to be able to look back and like the choices you made."

"Eventually stardom is going to go away from me. It goes away from everybody and all you have in the end is to be able to look back and like the choices you made."

Matt Damon, American Actor

Choice, Choices, End

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"Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment."

"Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment."

William Glasser, American Psychologist

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"In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains."

"In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices."

"Everything I put my name to and take part in, I want to be good. That's not saying it will always happen. But I want to make bold choices."

Michael Fassbender, German Actor

Choice, Choices, Name, Saying, Want

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"It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world."

"It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world."

Antonio Tabucchi, Italian Writer

Choice, Choices, Politicians, World

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"When you consciously choose to do what you love, life becomes a pleasure and ceases to be a chore."

"When you consciously choose to do what you love, life becomes a pleasure and ceases to be a chore."

Amy Leigh Mercree, American Author

Choice, Love, Life, Pleasure

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

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

Rush Limbaugh, American Entertainer

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"You can either choose a beautiful to fuck, which everyone fucks, or choose to fuck an ugly one, which no one fucks."

"You can either choose a beautiful to fuck, which everyone fucks, or choose to fuck an ugly one, which no one fucks."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Choice, Beauty, Sex, Preference

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"I can attempt to stay on the fence. However, the problem is that the fence is a figment of my fear not a reality of my journey."

"I can attempt to stay on the fence. However, the problem is that the fence is a figment of my fear not a reality of my journey."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Choice, Fear, Truth, Regret, Inspirational

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"The Fed chairmanship is not the kind of job where you want to surprise everyone with your choice of a total unknown. You don't want to surprise Wall Street."

"The Fed chairmanship is not the kind of job where you want to surprise everyone with your choice of a total unknown. You don't want to surprise Wall Street."

David Jones, American Artist

Choice, Job, Want

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"Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice."

"Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice."

Stevie Nicks, American Musician

Choice, Fight, Right, Today

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"Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court."

"Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court."

Patricia Ireland, American Activist

Choice, Court, Running

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"Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel."

"Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel."

Vita Sackville-West, English Novelist

Choice, Problems

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"No law can give or take away the choice to commit suicide."

"No law can give or take away the choice to commit suicide."

Maggie Gallagher, American Writer

Choice, Law, Suicide

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"Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving."

"Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving."

Eriq La Salle, American Actor

Choice, Film, Nothing, Right

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"I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are all kinds of good choices."

"I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are all kinds of good choices."

Sharron Angle, American Politician

Choice, Choices

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"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 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."

Ted Kulongoski, American Politician

Choice, Future, Monument, Past

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

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

Heath Ledger, Australian Actor

Choice, Choices

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"Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you do, there is one obvious cooking tip: Always remember to remove the bell from the cat's collar before cooking."

"Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you do, there is one obvious cooking tip: Always remember to remove the bell from the cat's collar before cooking."

Mike Royko, American Writer

Choice, Cooking, Obvious, Want

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"Sometimes we don't have a choice in where we come from, but we can definitely choose where we go from there."

"Sometimes we don't have a choice in where we come from, but we can definitely choose where we go from there."

Faraaz Kazi, Indian Author

Choice, Truth, Observation, Power

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"There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced."

"There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced."

Charles Kennedy, British Politician

Choice, Choices, Country, Security

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"We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance."

"We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance."

Penelope Lively, English Author

Choice, Choices

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"The propensity to do good things is a choice."

"The propensity to do good things is a choice."

Shaun Cassidy, American Musician

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"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."

"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."

Dennis Hastert, American Politician

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"Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth."

"Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth."

Joseph Barbera, American Cartoonist

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"At that moment I had no mind to change, or not change, or throw against the nearest wall."

"At that moment I had no mind to change, or not change, or throw against the nearest wall."

James Patterson, American Author

Choice, Decision, Emotion, Impulses

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"If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at."

"If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at."

Kathy Mattea, American Musician

Choice, Choices

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"The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you activate vast human energies and resources, which otherwise go untapped."

"The way to activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice, you activate vast human energies and resources, which otherwise go untapped."

Robert Fritz, American Author

Choice, Choices, Creation, Results

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"It wasn't until two or three years ago that I actually learned that in the end he actually did kill someone. But that was a choice that he faced: to kill or be killed."

"It wasn't until two or three years ago that I actually learned that in the end he actually did kill someone. But that was a choice that he faced: to kill or be killed."

Vanessa Kerry, American Celebrity

Choice, End, Years

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"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."

"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."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

Choice, Choices

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"I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice."

"I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice."

Harold Ford, American Politician

Choice, Republicans, Will

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