#choose

Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all. ↗

— Lady Gaga

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We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. ↗

— George W. Bush

#choose #dictators #differences #free #free nations

Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent. ↗

— John Calvin

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But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now. ↗

— David Cameron

#cannot #choose #claiming #country #else

Growth comes out of a healthy competitive atmosphere, not trying to choose a particular path forward. ↗

— Edward Felten

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The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit and inertia to choose the wrong thing. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#choose #compelled #environment #feels #free

You're not always able to choose. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#always #choose #you

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#cherries #choose #collections #eating #end

It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of. ↗

— Bryan Ferry

#failure #high #like #people #rate

I'm afraid I'm still trying to find that balance. Especially now that everyone wants a piece of me. I find that I have to become more and more reclusive, and pick and choose when I am public and when I am private. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

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