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Choice Quotes
"Ask yourself this question both for current and possible future commitments: If I say yes to this, what am I saying no to?"
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"You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices."
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"Everything with no exception is a choice. The choice can be either conscious or unconscious depending on the level of self-awareness. The more self-aware we become, the faster we can make our unconscious choices known to us."
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"Life is choice. All day, every day. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by our choices. It's as simple and as complex as that. And as powerful. So when I'm observing, that's what I'm watching for. The choices people make."
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"Choices are funny things-ask a native tribe that's eaten grubs and roots forever if they're unhappy, and they'll shrug. But give them filet mignon and truffle sauce and then ask them to go back to living off the land, and they will always be thinking of that gourmet meal. If you don't know there's an alternative, you can't miss it."
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"And the question is always "When are you going to have kids?" Rather than "Do you want to have kids?"
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"That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character."
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"To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing."
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"Some will, some won't. Look for the ones who will."
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"I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system."
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"We see that happiness is not comfort. Happiness is the freedom to choose one's own way."
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"God has given me both the right and privilege to outrun Him if I so choose. Yet, if I do so, I will have lost the race."
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"Every choice you make today is the choice you're going to live with. So, make the best choices."
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"The mythology warped and twisted back along itself until Buffy Summers, the girl who once railed against the unfairness of being Chosen, looked at a squadron of girls who were just like she'd been and took away their right to Choose."
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"Life is really very simple. In each moment, we have the opportunity to choose between saying "yes or "no, to listen to our intuition, to listen to our true inner voice, the Existential voice within ourselves. When we say "yes, we have contact with Existence and we receive nourishment, love, joy, support and inspiration. When we say "no, we create a separation from life and begin to create dreams and expectations of how it should be. We begin to live in the memories of the past and in the fantasies of the future " as if any other time than here and now really could make us happy and satisfied."
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"You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice."
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"If I had a choice, I wouldn't be here I wouldn't be anywhere."
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"It's Thursday afternoon, and we have sports. These are the choices for the girls: watching an invitational cricket game; studying in one of the classrooms; or watching the senior rugby league. As you can imagine, I'm torn."
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"You always have a choice. Destiny deals you your hand and what you do with the cards is up to you."
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"Life is about choices and chances. You make a choice and take a chance."
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"Responsible choice involves consequences, not the least of which are relinquishments all along our way."
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"Why on earth would you buy a car like this if you can't drive a stick? There are dozens of cars--new cars--that have automatic transmission. It'd be a million times easier." Adrian shrugged. "I like the color. It matches my living room."
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"Then why do we do so many bad things?He sighed. "Because one thing God gave us-and I'm afraid it's at times a little too much-is free will. Freedom to choose. I believe he gave us everything needed to build a beautiful world, if we choose wisely."
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"You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be."
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"We live by choice and by necessity. We choose the mechanisms that are essential to ensure satisfaction of our baseline survival. What labor we willingly endure in order to meet our minimalistic subsistence requirements and what activities we elect to pursue in order to mollify our desire for living joyfully and attain self-realization defines our essential self's core personality."
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"The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."
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"Life happens because of choices we make, if you want a better outcome; think before you create."
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"Life is a web of intersections and choices. Your 1st choice is to recognize an intersection. Your 2nd choice is to be grateful for it."
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"We have limits to what we can do. At some point there has to be an informed personal choice."
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"Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because we don't know what to do with it."
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"It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure in the future. Often the pleasure is illusory, but their error in calculation is no refutation of the rule. You are puzzled because you cannot get over the idea that pleasures are only of the sense; but, child, a man who dies for his country dies because he likes it as surely as a man eats pickled cabbage because he likes it."
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"You are more than capable of taking decisions about your own life."
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"To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country."
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