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Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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We chose thirteen because that is the age that Elvis left to go to Memphis. ↗

— Henry Dodge

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Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world’s weight he had never chosen to bear. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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A good name is rather to be chosen than riches. ↗

— King Solomon

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I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society. ↗

— George Soros

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I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre. ↗

— Laura Lippman

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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. ↗

— Buddha

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