“When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word 'goat' looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed.” WayYearsLongStoriesWantedMotherDesireBlackWhiteChangedPagesHundredDecidedEightScreensPoundsShort StoryBlack And WhiteNever ChangeGoatsParagraphLaptops Author:Tea Obreht
“You can't. Do you hear me? You think you've figured something out? You run over here so pleased with yourself because you changed your mind. Now you're certain. You're so... sloppy. You don't know anything. The book, the math, the dates, the writing, all that stuff you decided with your buddies, it's just evidence. It doesn't finish the job. It doesn't prove anything.” ThinkingKnowsWritingMindBookRunningJobsCertainStuffChangedProveEvidenceDecidedLogicMathCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningBuddyOntologySloppyYou Changed Author:David Auburn
“When my husband Edgar and I were courting, he said he couldn't wait to have a baby. It was only after we were married that he changed his mind and decided that I should have the baby.” ShouldMindSaidWaitingChangedBabyHusbandMarriedDecidedShould HaveMy HusbandChildbirth Book:Having a Baby Can Be a Scream Source: Having a Baby Can Be a Scream
“I quit Wall Street and decided that it was time to talk more about what was going on inside it, as it had changed. It had become far more sinister and far more dangerous.” StreetsDangerousChangedWallDecidedQuittingSinisterI Quit Author:Nomi Prins
“You loved people and you came to depend on their being there. but people died or changed or went away and it hurt too much. The only way to avoid that poin was not to love anyone, and not to let anyone get too close or too important. The secret of not being hurt like this again, I decided, was never depending on anyone, never needing, never loving.It is the last dream of children, to be forever untouched.” PeopleWayChildrenImportantDreamLastsHurtSecretForeverToo MuchChangedDependsDecidedDiedIt HurtsBeing ThereBeing Hurt Author:Audre Lorde
“It's kind of interesting to experience that kind of a ride after well, essentially so many years of enjoying a career based on failures and then suddenly something clicks. The weird thing is, I never changed a thing. The process is still the process as it ever was. The fact that people decided to go and see a movie that I was in was probably the most shocking thing that I've ever been through.” PeopleYearsWellsKindStillsFactsProcessEnjoyInterestingCareersChangedDecidedShockingNever ChangeClicksWeird ThingsShocking Things Author:Johnny Depp
“I changed the pressure from negative to positive. So, instead of thinking everybody wanted to see me fail, I decided everybody wanted to see me win, since I wanted to see myself win.” ThinkingWantedWinningFailingChangedNegativeDecidedPressure Author:Keke Palmer
“My father decided that he was such a admirer of Ibn Rushd's philosophy, thinking that he changed the family name to Rushdie. I realized why my father was so interested in him, because he was really an incredibly modernizing voice inside our Islamic culture.” ThinkingPhilosophyCultureFatherNamesVoiceChangedDecidedI RealizedIslamicAdmirerFamily NameRushdieIslamic Culture Author:Salman Rushdie
“I took a workshop from him a few months after that. That experience changed my whole approach to photography. At that workshop in Yosemite in 1973 I decided I wanted to try and see if I could pursue this for myself, and I'm still trying.” IfsTryingStillsWholeWantedChangedMonthsApproachPhotographyDecidedPhotographerPursueIf I CouldWorkshopsYosemite Author:John Sexton
“I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and saw the Germans, and I changed my mind. I decided we were right going into World War II.” WorldMindBelieveWarSawsChangedDecidedWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Andy Rooney
“However, it was not us who refused to freeze oil production; our Saudi partners changed their point of view at the last moment and decided to slow down the adoption of this decision. I would like to reiterate our position, it remains the same.” MomentsLastsDecisionViewsPositionChangedDecidedRemainsProductionsOilPoint Of ViewPartnersAdoptionSlow DownFreezeSaudisOil Production Author:Vladimir Putin
“[Ted Cruz] is changed his mind, decided it`s in his best interest to be for [Donald] Trump, which what that says to me is Ted Cruz is a totally craven politician and will say anything to win, but isn`t even good at it.” MindWinningInterestChangedTrumpPoliticianDecidedSay AnythingCruz Author:Josh Barro
“I definitely, at times, felt the pressures of life similar to the pressures anyone would feel growing up. The only difference was that maybe more people were aware of mine. But, if anything, I changed the pressure from negative to positive. So, instead of thinking everybody wanted to see me fail, I decided everybody wanted to see me win, since I wanted to see myself win.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWantedWinningFeltDifferencesGrowing UpGrowingFailingChangedMinesNegativeDecidedPressure Author:Keke Palmer