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Source: Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life

“When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves.”

Waiting Sound Happened Band Decided Tired Just Do It Tired Of Waiting

Author:Mike Shinoda

“Do whatever rejuvenates you. It might be a cooking class, cocktails with the girls, or just private time with the hubby. We all have our moments where we run out of steam because we've given everything we've got to everyone else. Whoever decided that was a good thing? It's not. Everyone needs to refuel.”

Needs Moments Might Running Girl Given Class Decided Cooking Good Things Steam Cocktails Cooking Classes Hubby

Author:Jada Pinkett Smith

“I realized that people had an unreal image of me, that somehow I was a god on Mount Olympus. I decided that if I were going to make use of my role as a Supreme Court Justice, it would be to inspire people to realize that, first, I was just like them and second, if I could do it, so could they.”

People Ifs Firsts Use Would Be Realizing Justice Roles Inspire Decided Court I Realized Supreme If I Could Supreme Court Unreal Olympus Supreme Court Justice Court Justice

Author:Sonia Sotomayor

“My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do.”

Way Stories Technology Decided Cameras Filmmaking Telling Stories

Author:Steven Spielberg

“When I was very, very young, I decided that I was gonna catalogue my times because that's what other people who I admired did. That's what Bob Dylan did, that's what Frank Sinatra did, Hank Williams did, in very different ways.”

People Way Different Young Decided Different Ways My Time Bob Frank Dylan Catalogues Hank Williams

Author:Bruce Springsteen

“I was very much into buying contemporary art, but I've just decided I want to get rid of it all. Not that it's not great art, but all of a sudden my mood has changed, and I want to go back to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century masters.”

Want Art Century Changed Masters Decided Mood Contemporary Buying Great Art Contemporary Art

Author:Sylvester Stallone

“I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse.”

Done Order Boys Study Equal Decided Horse Manage Chiefs Greek Courageous

Book:Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897

Source: Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897

“That's when we decided to stop in '66. Everyone thought we toured for years, you know, but we didn't. I joined in '62, and we'd finished touring in '66 to go into the studio where we could hear each other... and create any fantasy that came out of anybody's brain.”

Knows Years Brain Fantasy Decided Studios Finished Touring

Author:Ringo Starr

“I decided I would never do interviews again.”

Decided Interviews

Author:Danielle Steel

“During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.”

People Men Worry Audience Depression Decided Laughed Great Depression Funny Men

Author:Jerry Stiller

“There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided that kids could relate more to someone their own age than an adult. So suddenly all these previously grownup comics were lousy with sidekicks: Aquagirl, Aqualad, Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Stripesy... the list goes on.”

Kids Age Interest Goes On Adults Decided Lists Relate Flash Robins Grownups Sidekicks

Author:J. Michael Straczynski

“I went through a mod and goth-phase when I decided that I wouldn't ever be the bronzed beach-bunny. I started going as pale as I possibly could.”

Decided Beach Pale Phases Bunnies Goth Mods

Author:Cate Blanchett

“I believe that anything man himself can do for me, God can do for me in a greater way. I decided to pray and to seek God on my own. I just stayed in The Word. And it worked.”

Men Way Believe I Believe Can Do My Own Greater Praying Decided

Author:Mary J. Blige

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

“In week one of the X Factor, just to be a little bit quirky, I decided to say that I like girls who eat carrots. Ever since I've had lots and lots and lots of carrots.”

Littles Girl Bits Week Little Bit Decided Factors Quirky Carrots

Author:Louis Tomlinson

“The band's never taken a year off. Last August we decided to take one, and three months in I was bored to tears.”

Years Lasts Three Taken Tears Months Band Decided Bored August Three Months

Author:Steven Tyler

“My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence; they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet.”

People Home Earth Lasts Taken Wife Internet Shots Decided My Wife Addresses Fence Last Place

Author:Steven Tyler

“Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man.”

Men Should Truth Certain Literature Decided Privacy Manifest

Author:John Updike

“The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education.”

Source: The Centaur

“The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation.”

Social Decided Frustration Confrontation Alleys Premature Social Science Back Alleys

Book:Aristotle Onassis

Source: Aristotle Onassis

“I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.”

People Want Government Running Decided Mad Accountability Governors

Book:I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up

Source: I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up

“In February 2003, I signed a three-year contract with MSNBC to host a talk show. Having recently decided not to run again for governor of Minnesota, I was still a pretty hot commodity. The show was originally scheduled for an hour, four nights a week.”

Years Stills Shows Running Night Three Hours Four Week Decided Hot Contracts Host Three Years Governors Commodity February Talk Shows Minnesota

Book:DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government

Source: DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government

“I've decided to listen to my doctors and get the procedure I need on my knee. USA Basketball said I had to do what was best for me. They want me to be obviously as healthy as possible so I can continue to play this game at a high level.”

Want Inspirational Needs Said I Can Play Games Levels Healthy Basketball Decided Doctors Knees Usa Want Me Procedures High Level

Author:Dwyane Wade

“You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else.”

Knows World Wells Artist Answers Cases Degrees Decided Pops Halls Conform Being An Artist Practise Carnegie Carnegie Hall

Author:Rufus Wainwright

“When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.”

Humans Book Kids Next Human Beings Healing Wonderful Decided Library Eight Wonderful Things

Author:Margaret Walker

“In times of crisis what has made America amazing has been the fact that, throughout our history, throughout the more than 200 years of our history, there have been men and women of courage, who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures.”

Men Years Looks Children Has Beens Made Important Facts America Political Men And Women Decided Grandchildren Stood Up

Author:Scott Walker

“As told in Friendship with God, if we simply decided to believe and act as if first, we're all one, and second, life is eternal, it would render virtually everything we've done all our lives pointless.”

Ifs Firsts Believe Done Life Is Literature Friendship Our Lives Eternal Decided Pointless Friendship With God

Author:Neale Donald Walsch

“When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.”

Wanted Opportunity Saws Married Decided Dresses Wedding Modernity Sophistication Gowns

Author:Vera Wang

“I had a lot of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows.”

Home Artist Beauty Decided Dating Eyebrows

Book:The Andy Warhol Diaries

Source: The Andy Warhol Diaries

“I've decided something: Commercial things really do stink. As soon as it becomes commercial for a mass market it really stinks.”

Artist Mass Decided Stink Commercial Art

Author:Andy Warhol

“Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.”

People Thinking Differences Decided Yellow Southerner Northerners

Author:Ethel Waters

“People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.”

People Decided Titles Legends

Author:Usain Bolt

“I have decided not to run for president.”

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Author:John Bolton

“Making 'The Avengers' was very important to me, but it was also extremely arduous. I missed my friends and I missed my home, so I decided to throw them all on camera, which is the only way I seem to know to relate to people.”

People Knows Way Important Home Seems My Friends Decided Cameras Relate Avengers

Author:Joss Whedon

“I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.”

Real Father Baby Travel Decided Feds Funny Travel Daddy My Baby Dumped Looking For Love

Author:Barry White

“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.”

People Inspirational War Past History Events Decided Agree Versions Favourite Past Events Historical Events Agree Upon History And Memory Events In History

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.”

Thinking Ideas Certain Destiny Decided Setting Settings Entertaining Fog

Book:Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead

Source: Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead

“I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.”

Doe Stories Remember Death Literature Felt Decided Holocaust Betray Survived Betrayed

Author:Elie Wiesel

“I went to Duke University in the medical track. And then I decided I wanted to do something more creative, so I switched to biochemistry at Nebraska.”

Wanted Creative Decided University Track Medical Dukes Nebraska Biochemistry Duke University

Author:Ken Wilber

“I wanted clothing that I couldn't find, so I decided to make it.”

Wanted Decided Clothings

Author:Pharrell Williams

“I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.”

Wells May Persons I Can Motivational Sports Pay Decided Over It Motivational Sports Get Over Rewind

Author:Serena Williams

“Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.”

I Can Situation Decided Nervous Champion Do The Best Venus

Author:Serena Williams

“I was a senior in high school when I decided I wanted to work on ants as a career. I just fell in love with them, and have never regretted it.”

Wanted School Careers High School Decided Senior Ants High School Senior

Author:E. O. Wilson

“At one point he decided enough was enough.”

Enough Humor Funny Comedy Decided Frustration

Author:Steven Wright

“Am I worried people will say I'm repeating myself? Sure. One thought I had was to publish it as a novel but eventually I just decided to do what I wanted to do.”

People Wanted Literature Novel Decided Worried Publish

Author:Elizabeth Wurtzel

“I think we're entering a very dangerous time. The West has set itself up, decided it's in charge, not for good intentions, not for the benefit of mankind.”

Thinking Time Mankind Dangerous Benefits Decided Intention West Entering Good Intentions

Author:Thom Yorke

“Hollywood typecast me as the secretary. I could have worked as the quirky secretary for the rest of my life, but I decided not to do that.”

Decided Hollywood Secretary Quirky Typecasting

Author:Felicia Day

“What you're going to be eating in the next year is decided by chefs. If the consensus is that pot-bellies are in next season, that's what's on your plate. And I think that's a good thing, because we know, obviously, about food.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Years Next Eating Decided Seasons Good Things Pot Plates Chef Belly Consensus Next Year

Author:Anthony Bourdain

“After World War II it was decided that, in order to prevent the Germans and the French from having another war, it would be better to tie them together into one economic pact so they would invest in each other and have mutual stakes. Until now, that has worked to prevent warfare between the two.”

World Two War Would Be Together Order Economic Decided Ties War Of The Worlds Mutual Stakes World War Ii Warfare Pact

Author:Frans de Waal

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