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"It's pretty rare that I watch a movie now without seeing the script in a way that I hate, where I can see the stage directions and the choices that the actors are making."
"Don’t think so. We all make our choices, and those choices have consequences."
"You climbed into my window in the middle of the night. So, either you're some kind of Vampire or some kind of Perv. Which is it?"
"There was a choice to be made, and Lena hadn't made it. The songs never lied. At least, they hadn't yet."
"Choice was dangerous: you had to forgo all other possibilities when you chose."
"We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks."
"Her beautiful eyes and lips were very grave as she made her choice, and Anthony thought again how naive was her every gesture; she took all the things of life for hers to choose from and apportion, as though she were continually picking out presents for herself from an inexhaustible counter."
"You can't sit back. My husband and I have made the choice that our marriage is the most important thing to us. We respect what we have and understand how we need to feed it."
"To be honest, I didn't really understand how involved putting a fragrance together could be - or would be. Once I made the choice to actually do it, I just went for it. I just dove in and have really learned a lot about putting a scent together. It's kind of exciting."
"The choices a writer makes within a tradition - preferring Milton to Moliere, caring for Barth over Barthelme - constitute some of the most personal information we can have about him."
"Wall Street is a huge issue. And it's controlling our lives today with this so-called election - we really have no choice. We're really just onlookers. The national surveillance state has not been debated by any candidates, Democratic or Republican. Our wars, our repeated wars - our new war in Syria has not been brought up because everyone agrees essentially that we have to continue doing what we're doing. And maybe even now go back to Libya."
"I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices."
"Living For Love single and remixes available in UK soon! Sorry you have to wait! Its not my decision or my choice! Thanks for your patience! # rebelheart # livingforlove"
"We no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence. The choice of today stands between nonviolence or non-existence."
"When faced with a choice between violence and cowardice, always choose violence"
"A lot of what's been written about me is not true: of my family history or my choices or my interests. Actually, I've never read anything written about me that was true. It's been completely crazy."
"Weapons are not proper instruments for gentle people; they use them only when they have no other choice. Peace and quiet are what they value. They do not glory in victory."
"For I am the daughter of Elrond. I shall not go with him when he departs to the Havens: for mine is the choice of Luthien, and as she so have I chosen, both the sweet and the bitter."
"Your life is a result of the choices you have made. If you don't like your life, start making better choices."