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• Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea.

  Mike Birbiglia

  Ideas, People, Creepy

  "Q&A: Mike Birbiglia on the Subway, Fans & Comedy About Love". Interview with Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. November 26, 2013.

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• "The Fever" is a one-person play. I decided I would perform it myself, and I decided I would not perform it in theaters, because the character in the play says certain things that I meant.

  Wallace Shawn

  Character, Play, Fever

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I unfortunately had a lot of medical procedures throughout my life, so I decided to paint all of my surgeries as a way to heal and as a way to grow.

  Paz de la Huerta

  Way, Medical, Paint

  "Exclusive Interview: Paz De La Huerta on Beauty, Acting, and Her Infamous Cameos". Interview with Alex Catarinella, www.elle.com. August 10, 2012.

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• Everybody takes breaks, and I decided to take mine. I wanted a chance to wake up at two in the afternoon and not be a subject of entertainment. I wanted to be a human being. At certain times and certain years, I felt like the Energizer bunny. That gets old very quickly.

  Raven-Symone

  Years, Two, Wake Up

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't want to survive past the death of society as we know it.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Past, Want, Horrible

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• To judge by the event is an error all commit: for in every instance courage, if crowned with success, is heroism; if clouded by defeat, temerity. When Nelson fought his battle in the Sound, it was the result alone that decided whether he was to kiss a hand at court or a rod at a court-martial.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Success, Kissing, Errors

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.231

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• A decision of the courts decided that the game of golf may be played on a Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.

  Bill Vaughan

  Sunday, Golf, Views

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• I got very depressed. Hollywood can be a terrible place when youre depressed. The pits. I decided I had to change my life and do different things.

  Jeff Conaway

  Hollywood, Different, Pits

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• I had already made a decision early on that I would be a plain girl with tons of personality, and accepting it made everything a lot easier. If you are lucky, there is a moment in your life when you have some say as to what your currency is going to be. I decided early on it was not going to be my looks. I have spent a lifetime coming to terms with this idea and I would say I am about 15 to 20 percent there.Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.

  Amy Poehler

  Girl, Letting Go, Ideas

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• I decided to start embracing and wearing my natural hair, but there was only one problem; I didn't know what to do with it or how to style it. Growing up, all I knew was my relaxed, processed hair, so I had to go through this learning phase.

  Kimberly Elise

  Growing Up, Hair, Style

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• My little brother and I took piano lessons at a young age and played music together later on in life just to play around at home until we decided to make a record. Eventually we started having more and more songs.

  Josephine de La Baume

  Song, Brother, Home

  "Josephine de la Baume on Mark & "Dreamcore" Style". Interview with Lauren Houssin, www.elle.com. May 16, 2011.

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• I turned to my mom and said, Im going to be a martial arts movie star. She didnt believe me, and neither did my dad. They both thought I would grow out of it. That it was a phase. I decided then I was going to do it or die trying.

  Scott Adkins

  Mom, Art, Stars

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• Once the Supreme Court in 1973 decided that infanticide could be legal, it not only ended Americas inalienable right to life, it threw the Golden Rule right off the shores of this continent.

  Michael Moriarty

  Golden, Court, Right To Life

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• Ive been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms - they wanted me ready to fight in four weeks, but youve got to be out of your mind. So I decided to go back to my roots, back to wrestling.

  Kurt Angle

  Art, Wrestling, Fighting

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• I was working in customer service and had a verbally abusive boss. One day, I decided to quit and pursue my acting passion with everything I had. One week after quitting, I booked One Life to Live.

  Tika Sumpter

  Passion, Boss, One Day

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• Do not determine to change your life eventually. If you have decided to change your life, it is already changing.

  Gwen Davis

  Change, Changing Your Life, Determine

  Gwen Davis (1976). “How to survive in suburbia when your heart's in the Himalayas”

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• I decided it would be better to be a bird. Birds are very busy at one period each year caring for babies, but this lasts only a few weeks with many of them, and then their babies are grown and gone. Best of all, they leave their houses forever and take to camping for the rest of the year. No wonder they are happy.

  Margaret Morse Nice

  Baby, Caring, Years

  Margaret Morse Nice (1979). “Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of a Bird Lover”, p.41, Dundurn

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• I get asked to do benefits a lot and I've decided I've got to be a bit more discerning, I can't just do all of them. . . . I got asked to do a benefit for babies born addicted to crack. And I said well, all right, I'll help you raise money for them, but I think we both know what they're gonna spend it on.

  Laura Kightlinger

  Baby, Thinking, Cracks

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• Three days after my boyfriend left me, I discovered a closetful of his clothes. I thought of what I'd done in the past (bundling them up and sending them, COD: distributing them to my friends) even as I already had the scissors in hand and was cutting his shirts and a pair of pants into teeny pieces. When there was nothing left of his ghost except a large pile of cloth, I decided to learn how to quilt.

  Anne Elizabeth Moore

  Quilts, Cutting, Past

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• I told everyone that actings for losers and I needed to get an education. But something kept telling me to give it one last chance. In the end, I lasted a month on the M.B.A. and then decided to quit, come back to L.A., and try again.

  Judi Shekoni

  Giving, Trying, Acting

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• I went to a public high school with a magnet program for law and psychology. But right before my junior year, I decided that I wanted to leave and become an actress, so I graduated early and moved out to L.A.

  Ashley Greene

  School, Years, Law

  Interview with Michael Sheen, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 11, 2010.

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• I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Book, Writing, People

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• When I graduated from high school, I had artistic and academic scholarships, and I was trying to figure out what to do. I decided to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Juilliard and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, Australia.

  Deborah Kara Unger

  Art, School, Australia

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Early in life, I decided that I would not be overcome by events. My philosophy has been that regardless of the circumstances, I shall not be vanquished, but will try to be happy. Life is not easy for any of us. But it is a continual challenge, and it is up to us to be cheerful - and to be strong, so that those who depend on us may draw strength from our example.

  Rose Kennedy

  Strong, Philosophy, Happy Life

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• I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et cetera. Now Ive decided that reading fiction that features characters who are in those professions will do.

  Helen Oyeyemi

  Reading, Character, Fiction

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