#cho

One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

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I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. ↗

— Shirley Conran

#couches #housekeeping #inspirational #rest #resting

As for the symphonic activities... when I was a student at the Eastman School of Music, I became exposed to a lot more musical forms, elements, opportunities, and I fell in love with strings and their uses. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#became #eastman #elements #exposed #fell

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former. ↗

— Horace Mann

#former #jails #latter #less #many

Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot. ↗

— Michael Mann

#cannot #choices #controls #could #creativity

There is a whole school of Canadian academics, media personalities, and politicians whose definition of a Canadian is a North American who fears or dislikes the United States. ↗

— Preston Manning

#american #canadian #definition #dislikes #fears

I feel the same way I did when I was in school. I'm having the same insecurities. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#feel #having #i #i feel #insecurities

I was an altar boy and a choir member. ↗

— Cheech Marin

#boy #choir #i #member

In our Nation, approximately 22.5 million children ride school buses to and from school each day, which accounts for 54 percent of all students attending grade school. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#approximately #attending #buses #children #day

I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling. ↗

— Chris Marker

#chose #chris #i #intent #languages