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• Life is the greatest experiment. Each of us is an experiment of one-observer and subject-making choices, living with them, recording the effects.

  George A. Sheehan

  Choices, Life Is, Experiments

  George A. Sheehan, George Sheehan (1992). “Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great”, Outlet

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• Freedom is not a constant attribute which we either "have" or "have not." In fact, there is no such thing as "freedom" except as a word and an abstract concept. There is only one reality: the act of freeing ourselves in the process of making choices. In this process the degree of our capacity to make choices varies with each act, with our practice of life.

  Erich Fromm

  Reality, Practice, Choices

  Erich Fromm (2011). “The Heart of Man”, p.132, Lantern Books

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• It is obvious when an actor has put work into prep and research and understanding their character, and they're making choices, because that's what happens when you take the time - or have the time - to really think about the material, but that only accounts for about 60% of what happens on the day. When you're in the moment, you throw it all away. Well, you don't throw it all away, but it's in you now, and everything is reactionary in that moment and you have to be honest and present and listening.

  Logan Lerman

  Character, Thinking, Choices

  "‘Indignation’ Stars Logan Lerman And Sarah Gadon On Philip Roth, Sylvia Plath And The Perils Of Oral Sex". Interview with David Ehrlich, www.indiewire.com. July 29, 2016.

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• Governing involves choosing and making choices between competing goods.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Choices, Competing, Goods

  "Examining Future Conservatism As Trump Transitions To The White House". "Morning Edition" with, ijpr.org. November 25, 2016.

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• One of the things you learn as president is, as powerful as this office is, you have limited bandwidth. And the time goes by really quickly and you're constantly making choices, and there are pressures on you from all different directions - pressures on your attention, not just pressures from different constituencies. And so you have to be pretty focused about where can you have the biggest, quickest impact.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Impact, Office

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• I came in making choices about how I deploy aesthetics and imagery strategically. It seems to me that's the only legitimate way of making work.

  Kerry James Marshall

  Choices, Way, Imagery

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Think about the number of times someone will say to herself, "I want to get out of this circumstance, but I'm too afraid. I'll lie about how happy I am in this marriage, and I'll put up a front." But she's betraying everything that's in her heart. She's making choices that are harming her, and that's why she's hurting. Her intuition is trying to tell her that.

  Caroline Myss

  Hurt, Lying, Heart

  Source: www.oprah.com

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• We're actually making not one but 30 choices at a time: Our mind is making a choice. Our heart's making choices.

  Caroline Myss

  Heart, Choices, Mind

  Source: www.oprah.com

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• A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you.

  Emily Giffin

  Book, Choices, Want

  "Book Corner: Emily Giffin's Latest Novel: Where We Belong". Interview with Kristin Buettner, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 9, 2012.

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• If I read a script and find it engaging and I start making choices in my mind on how to approach the work, than that's a good indication that it is something worth pursuing.

  Karl Urban

  Choices, Mind, Scripts

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

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• I mean, artistic processes are all about making choices all the time, and the very act of making a choice is the distilling down and the getting to the core of what it is that you care about and what you want to say, really.

  Mike Leigh

  Mean, Choices, Care

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• There is only one reality: the act of feeling ourselves in the process of making choices.

  Erich Fromm

  Inspirational, Reality, Choices

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• I mean I like most of the films that I've seen that I've been in. Those are the kind of films that I like to see. Am I getting better at making choices? Well, I think I might be getting better at reading scripts. Does that make any sense?

  Benicio Del Toro

  Reading, Mean, Thinking

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. March 14, 2003.

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• Most people simply go through life. They feel that they're making choices in their lives that cause destiny to move in certain ways. I would suggest that they have no control of their lives, all their choices are really made for them.

  Frederick Lenz

  Moving, Destiny, People

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• I'm crazy enough to believe in taking chances in every way, in making choices and gambling with your life. That's the kind of gambling I believe in.

  Lauren Bacall

  Crazy, Believe, Gambling

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• People who came to the clinics or came to the fundraiser knew what was happening in their state but didn't realize the profundity of what was happening all over the place. But the third thing [was] that at every single clinic I went to, somebody who worked there - it could have been the doctor, it could have been the receptionist - said, "Thank you for coming, no one ever comes." And it broke my heart...I've used these services, I've had an abortion, I got to be where I am because of access to making choices to have the life I wanted.

  Lizz Winstead

  Heart, Doctors, People

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Because a garden mean constantly making choices, it offers almost limitless possibilities for surprise and satisfaction.

  Jane Garmey

  Creativity, Mean, Garden

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• Culture is an abstraction; it cannot actually be seen or touched.... We see people acting in agreed-upon ways in the face of similar situations...we notice people moving their bodies in certain ways - making choices in their lives about where to live, what to eat, how to learn, how to work and love - in response to similar events and experiences, and say: "oh, these people belong to the same culture".

  H. Ned Seelye

  Moving, People, Choices

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• Life is all about making choices and I'm very happy with mine. I have had a wonderful time raising four children and I've also been lucky to have the support of a wonderful husband.

  Meryl Streep

  Husband, Children, Choices

  Source: egomagazine.ae

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• Free will is something that people struggle with so much, but it's very simple to me. Carl Jung said at the same moment you're a protagonist in your own life making choices, you also are the spear carrier, or the extra, in a much larger drama. You've got to live with these two opposite ideas at the same time.

  Wayne Dyer

  Drama, Struggle, Simple

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• Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.

  Eddie Marsan

  Clever, Careers, Feet

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• I would not like to be in President Obama's position in making choices on Afghanistan.

  Mark Danner

  Choices, President, Afghanistan

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• And as long as you’re making choices unconsciously, you can’t consciously choose to change that ineffective behavior and turn it into productive habits.

  Darren Hardy

  Long, Choices, Behavior

  Darren Hardy (2011). “The Compound Effect”, p.32, Hachette UK

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• I was at a time of my life of making choices, I suppose: am I a writer, am I a visual artist? And when I was a teenager. I thought I would be a film-maker. Am I a musician? If so, what kind of musician am I?

  David Toop

  Teenager, Artist, Choices

  "The Strange World Of... David Toop". Interview with Karen Shook, thequietus.com. June 28, 2016.

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• We don't want to be afraid to make a choice because we're afraid to make a mistake because most decisions aren't final. Feelings change all the time. You can always change your mind and taking risks and making choices is what makes life so exciting because we never know what's going to happen. Every day something new comes our way.

  Amy Poehler

  Mistake, Decision, Choices

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