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• When I graduated from college in early 2010, I decided that I needed to create a calling card, some kind of business card that people can link to my name and face. So I did this 'Mad Men Theme Song...With a Twist' music video. I released it just as I moved to L.A.

  Allison Williams

  Song, College, Men

  "Allison Williams On 'Girls' (Her First Audition!)" by Irina Aleksander, www.elle.com. April 12, 2012.

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• I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I decided that I would write a book about something I'd want to read if I was 16. It turned into a Cinderella story... I developed a proposal and the characters of 'Gossip Girl' for my job.

  Cecily von Ziegesar

  Girl, Jobs, Book

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• George Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies.

  Cesar Romero

  Play, Gone, May

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• The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being, Marxism stripped away the foundation of human dignity and individual value. It also cast aside the objective measure of justice and ethics which, he decided, was the principal legacy of religion to civilized life.

  Tom Clancy

  Men, Justice, Goal

  Tom Clancy (1992). “The Hunt for Red October”, p.42, Penguin

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• I decided to write 'True Refuge' during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced tremendous fear and grief about losing the fitness and physical freedom I loved.

  Tara Brach

  Grief, Writing, Mobility

  "Where Do We Find Peace and Freedom?". Interview with Elisha Goldstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 14, 2013.

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• Success is a moving target. I don't think we ever achieve “it”, at least in our own minds. But I do know this, if you think you have achieved your greatest success you clearly have decided to stop pushing yourself.

  Mike Michalowicz

  Moving, Thinking, Mind

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• I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me!

  Cy Coleman

  People, Teens, Concerts

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• When I signed with Scooter Braun and I decided to go overseas to promote my song, the only concern was how should I communicate with the public and the audience with my language. Scooter and I talked a lot about that: should we translate or not? Finally we didn't, and I think that was a really good decision.

  PSY

  Song, Thinking, Decision

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• My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs write life. I decided to take her up on that.

  R. Kelly

  Mother, Song, Writing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I played street hockey in Riverside Park when I was a kid. I played goalie. I didn't make the hockey team in college, so I played lacrosse instead. I didn't play hockey again for 20 to 25 years, and then my son became interested in the game. I decided to pick it up again. A friend let me play backup on his team.

  John Katzman

  Team, Kids, Son

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• I've decided to retire from top class racing. It has been an incredible experience and has provided with me some unforgettable moments.

  Sete Gibernau

  Class, Racing, Unforgettable Moments

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• I was happy working for the N.B.A., but to be honest, I decided that I'd probably get back into coaching. I missed the teaching, I missed the games, I missed the competition.

  Stu Jackson

  Teaching, Games, Competition

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• So I decided the only place I can speak to the world is from outside Israel.

  Mordechai Vanunu

  Israel, World, Speak

  "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.counterpunch.org. August 18, 2004.

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• I said the kidnapping is a crime. I have the right to speak about the crime done against me. They didn't like me to speak about this crime. So I decided to reveal it to the public.

  Mordechai Vanunu

  Done, Speak, Crime

  Interview with Amy Goodman, www.counterpunch.org. August 18, 2004.

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• When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs and the to the Waves. And I was rejected - I was an inch too tall.

  Julia Child

  War, Patriotic, Would Be

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• My success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.

  Ester Dean

  Jobs, Credit, Want

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I liked working with Republicans. We had five pretty good years after we had that bad year in '95 that culminated in two government shutdowns. But then they really decided that they liked being in the majority for the first time in forty years, and they wanted to get some things done, and I agreed, to get things I wanted. It was all perfectly transparent. Everybody knew what they wanted and what I wanted.

  William J. Clinton

  Government, Years, Two

  "Bill Clinton: Someone We Can All Agree On". Interview with Charles P.Pierce and Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. January 18, 2012.

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• I checked the actuarial tables, and the lowest death rate is among six-year-olds. So I decided to eat like a six-year-old.

  Warren Buffett

  Years, Tables, Six

  "Diet Advice From Warren Buffett" by Tom Philpott, www.motherjones.com. February 27, 2015.

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• I would like it to be known that I have decided not to marry Group Capt. Peter Townsend. Mindful of the church's teaching that Christian marriage is indissoluble, and conscious of my duty to the Commonwealth, I have resolved to put these considerations before any others.

  Princess Margaret

  Christian, Teaching, Church

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

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• We've decided what we are. That's the dream. When the dream fades, it's not that we don't exist. How could we not exist since we never existed?

  Frederick Lenz

  Dream, Enlightenment, Fades

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• I decided to be a smarter fighter. I already knew I was tough, so if I was smart and tough, I was more likely to be a champion.

  Cub Swanson

  Smart, Mma, Champion

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• When a ball goes into a net it only means something because we decided it means something. When somebody punches somebody in the face it always means something.

  Joe Rogan

  Mean, Mma, Balls

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• This is a perfect example of the power and ridiculousness of a website like Wikipedia. I did give a slightly contentious graduation speech, where I decided not to be funny as my classmates had hoped, which was why I was chosen. I was not valedictorian, that's for sure. Instead, I talked about the failure to communicate between the administration and the teachers and students. That's what was contentious about it. At some point, somebody wrote about that incident on my Wikipedia page. And then somebody added the bit about me exposing my genitals to the crowd.

  Nick Kroll

  Teacher, Giving, Perfect

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Empty the cup every time and it comes back at twice as full. I developed that attitude when I was very, very young, when I decided I didn't want to be a gangster anymore. Whether it's just shining shoes, I said okay, I'm going to do this better than anybody else did it in my life.

  Quincy Jones

  Attitude, Shoes, Shining

  "Quincy Jones Recalls 'Freaking Out' at Michael Jackson's Death and His Private Nickname for the Star (Q&A)". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 11, 2015.

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• As a director, it's my job to provoke, and when people decided 'The Room' be called a phenomenon, or whatever you call it, it's fine with me.

  Tommy Wiseau

  Jobs, People, Directors

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

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