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Church was a requirement, there was no choice in the matter, so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
You seem to think you have a choice," Cam said. "But you have it backwards. Love chooses you. The shadow moves as the sun commands.
The public life of every political figure is a continual struggle to rescue an element of choice from the pressure of circumstance.
If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college.
To choose one sock from each of infinitely many pairs of socks requires the Axiom of Choice, but for shoes the Axiom is not needed.
Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time
To me, it looks like an opportunity for school choice. I'd also like to see a pilot program to allow true school choice ? vouchers.
The choice people have to make is never between slavery and freedom. We will always have to choose between slavery and the unknown.
To make the growth choice instead of the fear choice a dozen times a day is to move a dozen times a day towards self-actualisation.
Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize you.
Be content with what thou hast received, and smooth thy frowning forehead, for the door of choice is not open either to thee or me.
If have the choice, to play or not play, I would rather be in there, ... But I appreciate Willie calling me in and being concerned.
One of the toughest things about life is making choices. I had a hard time saying 'no' to a bunch of other excellent possibilities.
They needed to grieve alone was what Tibby's dad said. Lena wondered if really there was any choice in that. Everyone grieved alone.
You really don't create an authoritarian society unless you control the personal choices including the sexual choices of the people.
Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.
The struggle is to stay present enough when you're taking your next step forward that you're really making your most honest choices.
We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.
I knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember ever having to make a choice.
You make choices, as a young man. I knew I wanted to be an actor, so I pursued that, but the desire to compete still stayed with me.
I try so hard to be tolerant of everyone and their choices, but people who harm pets or support factory farming have an enemy in me.
Smart people make good choices. They dig science and say 'no' to the invasion of sovereign nations for the pleasure of corporations.
I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life.
Freedom is a ladder: one side of the ladder reaches hell, the other side touches heaven. It is the same ladder; the choice is yours.
I don't understand why Italians should be bound to Brussels's choices without being able to express themselves through a referendum.
Attitude determines choice, and choice determines results. All that we are, and all that we can become has indeed been left unto us.
A well arranged scrapbook, filled with choice selections, is a most excellent companion for anyone who has the least literary taste.
I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change
The worlds of Truth (love) and illusion (fear) are like parallel universes; with every thought we make a choice which one to inhabit
And if my choice is to sit graciously in my best robes and accept the inevitable or to bail a sea with a bucket, give me the bucket.
We are all facing the end one day or another. I say, live a good and prosperous life, make sure your choices count, make them count.
But for me, to get the tattoo was part of moving into adulthood. Making a choice that is permanent and that I'll have to stick with.
I try to not make safe choices, but I also like to do stuff which is interesting and is sort of exciting in some way and accessible.
I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business.
I put God first, and strive to do my best by being a loving human being, recognizing that sometimes I make mistakes and bad choices.
I made a conscious choice to turn down some movies that were action-based, so that I could direct Road to Paloma and show that side.
The decision to feed the world is the real decision. No revolution has chosen it. For that choice requires that women shall be free.
If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.
There are cases when I can make myself better off by restricting my future choices and commit myself to a specific course of action.
I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.
As a professional actor, I don't have much choice about what I've gotten into. I tend to be cast in comedies and I'm fine with that.
We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.
Choice springs from the totality of the person. Thus, to study, to analyze what a person is, does not eliminate the idea of freedom.
Most of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they’re not. They’re habits.
What I like is natural music. It's like I was born with a gift to do something naturally, which I have no choice but to followup on.
I cannot approve of monarchs who want to rule over the conscience of the people, and take away their freedom of choice and religion.
My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.
Nature and abstract forms are both materials for art, and the choice of one or the other flows from historically changing interests.
I have so many choices in America; it's home to so many good things. I'm smart enough to enjoy all the good things that are offered.
I like doing stand-up and I love putting out TV specials. I'm not an actor though, so I don't really have much choice in the matter.