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I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism.
When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go out there and invent something.
I saw Lotus F1 racing as the best choice for me to progress my career, after considering several other options that were available to me.
It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.
They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn't part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to al Qaeda.
Betrayal, in all forms, is painful. It can make you go crazy. But we all have choices on how to deal with it. Do we just go away or stay?
I want the reader to be in the shoes of everyday people who are facing incredible dangers and wonder if they would make the same choices.
You have no choice but to operate in a world shaped by globalization and the information revolution. There are two options: adapt or die.
Acting in theatre or television or screen is only for the irrecoverably diseased, those so smitten with the need that there is no choice.
The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but these do not develop without training.
I have a surfboard that says 'Linda Hunt Choice TV Actress: Action.' I am an action star! I don't know what that is about, but I like it.
If you are serious about becoming like Christ, He is going to put you in circumstances where your only true choice is to become like Him.
The biggest challenge for newspapers has been that the public has far more choices for news, information, and diversion than in the past.
I'm continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you're uncomfortable, it means you're growing.
Live and everyone would die. Die and everyone would live. It seemed like such a simple choice. But nothing is ever as simple as it seems.
The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements.
In literary criticism the critic has no choice but to make over the victim of his attention into something the size and shape of himself.
I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.
The choices we make lead up to actual experiences. It is one thing to decide to climb a mountain. It is quite another to be on top of it.
Life is absolutely balanced between the positive and the negative. Now it is your choice which side you want to be - in heaven or in hell.
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!
You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult.
When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.
Free will is the sensation of making a choice. The sensation is real, but the choice seems illusory. Laws of physics determine the future.
Leadership is neither a rank nor a title. It is a choice. The choice to provide care and protection for those for whom we are responsible.
The tougher the times, the more clarity you gain about the difference between what really matters and what you only pretend to care about.
Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.
If I was given the choice between having the world back and having you, I wouldn't be able to give you up. Not to save five billion lives.
Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have to make.
I'm a feminist, a 21st-century feminist - which means choice and freedom. One has the right to be both glamorous and ethically structured.
The basis of all choice in manifestation is Loving Yourself. This is the start and the finish to all good things that you are looking for.
Having it all means having the same work and family choices that men do. It doesn't mean having everything that you want. No one has that.
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.
Time is a machine: it will convert your pain into experience... It will force you to move on and you will not have a choice in the matter.
For many, whether they go to prison or not is far less about the choices they make and far more about what kind of cage they're born into.
If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a big tent party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.
Based on a string of bad breakups, I was forced to examine my choice of partners. Surely, that must have abolished me from any wrongdoing.
There are people that say they will do better but they never do better. They have no power in them to do better until they come to Christ.
War is big and there are only so many reporters and only so many places for their words and images to appear. Choices are made constantly.
Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. Choose to live a life that matters.
People want to feel good about the choices they make. They want to know they're choosing material that's not going to harm the environment.
I have made it clear that future candidates need to be completely understanding that they will be expected to vote pro-choice on any bills.
You cannot escape from the biological law of cause and effect - food choices are the most significant cause of disease and premature death.
Women have to stop pretending the choices we make, particularly if we have a platform, don't affect others. We have to be held accountable.
We cannot lead a choiceless life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is a choice. If it were not so, we would not be individuals.
I had no choice. It was just something that happened. I was always looking for ways to act out, and I got a camera and it acted out for me.
For me, as I began to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I became aware of how on an instinctive level I made choices to cover myself.
Men may be way behind in creating choices for themselves, but have actually been quiet supporters of the choices women want for themselves.