"The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision."
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"I have to say that the judges and our judiciary system makes better decisions than the politicians."
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"Don't labor forever over the question of how or if you can do it. Studies have shown that the most successful people make decisions rapidly because they are clear on their values and what they really want for their lives."
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"And as a matter of fact, governments don't act, governments only react. The bankers make the decisions, and then governments decide how are we going to adjust to this. Government can't do anything unless the bank gives them the money to do it."
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"It is often necessary to make a decision on the basis of knowledge sufficient for action but insufficient to satisfy the intellect."
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"Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence;… to alienate humans from their own decision making is to change them into objects."
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"And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision."
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"Before making a decision, ask inside for guidance. Be patient and await an answer. Act only when you feel calm and certain."
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"Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life."
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"The real dividing line between things we call work and the things we call leisure is that in leisure, however active we may be, we make our own choices and our own decisions. We feel for the time being that our life is our own."
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"The Ultimate decision, the fastest decision there is, is ACTION!"
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"Every easy choice will have its consequence tomorrow."
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"An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore."
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"You can't choose between right and wrong by taking a census."
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"The great decisions of human life have as a rule far more to do with the instincts and other mysterious unconscious factors than with conscious will and well-meaning reasonableness. The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form- an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other."
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"All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Snapshots don't show the million decisions that led to that moment."
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"The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions."
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"Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others."
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"Good big decisions do not take time at all, if they do you are in trouble."
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"That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions."
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