"Of course there’s destiny, but destiny doesn’t push you where you don’t want to go. You’re the ones who choose. Destiny is up to you."
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"You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much."
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"If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere; it's up to you, New York, New York."
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"It is hard to know if what you are going to do in life is up to you, or a sum of the contribution of others, plus the circumstances you are born into."
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"Decide today to design and build the ideal relationship in your life. It's up to you."
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"Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority. We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you to know with which ear you'll listen."
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"For everyone nowadays knows, absolutely is CERTAIN, that nothing bad will ever happen to ME. Others die, I go on. There are no consequences and no responsibilities. Except that there ARE. But let's not talk about them, eh? By the time the consequences catch up to you, it's too late, isn't it, Montag?"
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"The world is not there to please you. It's up to you to please the world."
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"I will not propose to you that my way is best. The decision is up to you. If you find some point which may be suitable to you, then you can carry out experiments for yourself. If you find that it is of no use, then you can discard it."
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"Don't worry. Don't apologize. Don't cower behind the defeated security of there is no 'room for someone like me'. There isn't room for any one of us. It's up to you to make a place for yourself in the world. So get to work."
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"People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice... they open up to you in ways that somebody visiting who is driven by a story may not get."
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"It's up to you to make your own destiny and not up to destiny to make you"
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"You don't have to turn on the TV set. You don't have to work on the Internet. It's up to you."
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"I believe every PERSON is beautiful. What you do with that beauty, how you develop it, is up to you."
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"Boxing is the only sport where you have the audience coming right up to you and saying, "You Stink." And you got to deal with that. It's like being in front of the lions."
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"I'd rather you didn't talk, but it's up to you."
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"I've still kind of maintained a low profile but people still kind of recognize you and will come up to you, and that's taken a bit of getting used to."
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"Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've got to admit I rang that bell pretty hard and pretty often."
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"I'm going to do my thing and if you react a certain way - with pity or with anger - that's up to you."
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