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Deciding Quotes (page 47)

David Foster Wallace quote: "You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking."
You have decided being scared is caused mostly by thinking. David Foster Wallace
The young all have the same dream: to save the world. Some quickly forget this dream, convinced that there are more important things to do, like having a family, earning money, traveling, and learning a foreign language. Others, though, decide that it really is possible to make a difference in society and to shape the world we will hand on to future generations. Paulo Coelho
Tha? we seemed to have decided without saying a wor? might go a long way toward spoiling something that was special, and beautiful, by virtue of its strangeness and delicacy. Stephen King
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The only person you are destined to become is the person you..."
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. Ralph Waldo Emerson
...remember one thing only: that it's you-nobody else-who determines your destiny and decides your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else. E. E. Cummings
Fred Allen quote: "a group of people who individually can do nothing but as a..."
a group of people who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done Fred Allen
Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires....courage. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jeremy tried to be an interesting person. The trouble was that he was the kind of person who, having decided to be an interesting person, would first of all try to find a book called How to Be An Interesting Person and then see whether there were any courses available. Terry Prachett
Finally, I would like to assure my many Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim friends that I am sincerely happy that the religion which Chance has given you has contributed to your peace of mind (and often, as Western medical science now reluctantly admits, to your physical well-being). Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy, than sane and un-happy. But it is the best of all to be sane and happy. Whether our descendants can achieve that goal will be the greatest challenge of... Arthur C. Clarke
I’m wondering, if there was something you wanted, had wanted for some time, what would you do about it?” “If I’ve wanted it, why don’t I have it?” “Because you haven’t made any real effort to get it as yet.” “And why haven’t I?” He arched his sandy brows. “Am I slow or just stupid?” Brenna thought it over, decided he couldn’t know he’d just insulted his firstborn. Nora Roberts
Jules Verne quote: "Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that..."
Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that illusion! There is decidedly no rest to be had in this world. Jules Verne
...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the nature of life and the conditions it comes with; and that if this person decides to renounce the gift no one asks for, it is the moral and human duty to act on the consequences of that decision. Julian Barnes
Janet Evanovich quote: "I was going to go to church, but I decided to get doughnuts..."
I was going to go to church, but I decided to get doughnuts instead. Janet Evanovich
Sylvia Plath quote: "I had decided I would put off the novel until I had gone to..."
I had decided I would put off the novel until I had gone to Europe and had a lover. Sylvia Plath
Surely he knows we are all watching. That I am watching. It is always that way when you are in a group and someone decides to go for a swim or walk to the water. The ocean is a giant stage. It is natural that the others watch, if only for a moment. Emily Giffin

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