Mother Angelica
Nun, Television Personality
"We did not happen to be--we were chosen by God to exist."
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John Lewis
Politician
"We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us."
Martha Graham
Dancer, choreographer
"People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life."
Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
"And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it."
Bonnie Wright
Actress
"I've never had a stylist, and I've always chosen my own clothes."
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"He who chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite."
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"I've been criticized for the things I chose and things I've chosen to do."
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"Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me."
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"I did not choose to be a dancer. I was chosen."
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"In your life you only get to do so many things and right now we've chosen to do this, so let's make it great."
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"God has brought me to Kentucky...the precise place he has chosen for my sanctification."
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"Freedom is not the sole prerogative of a chosen few, but the universal right of all God's children."
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"You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another."
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"Its a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, few are chosen."
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"But I'll say this: I've never been more honored to sing about Jesus and for Jesus. And I've never been more sure of the path I've chosen."
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"For the lesser evil is reckoned a good in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be chosen than the greater. ."
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"Authority must be respected and chosen wisely."
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"A writers job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means."
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"Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options."
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"Having made the decision to love, had I chosen life instead of death?"
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"The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen."
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"If you love what you do, you'll be your best at it compared to anything else you might have chosen as a career. Or at least you will love it more, and you won't lead a depressed day of your life."
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"I’m with Julian,” I say at last. This, after all, is what I have chosen."
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"We are all punished for the lives we have chosen, in one way or another."
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"And more importantly - what we have chosen to do"
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