“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
“Some people say you can get hepatitis if you do coke with ones because they've been handled so much. But I tested that theory out for about a year, and I decided it's bullshit.” PeopleIfsYearsTheoryDecidedBullshitTestedCokeHepatitis Author:The Rev
“I worked on 'Blue Peter' and 'Tonight' and lots of TV plays, filmed people like Rudolf Nureyev and Ted Heath, and ended up a senior cameraman with my own crew. I'd had my first short story published in 1947, and when my writing really started to take off I decided to go freelance, and eventually left the BBC in 1965.” PeopleWritingFirstsPlayStoriesLeftMy OwnTvsDecidedBlueTonightShort StoryPeterCrewSeniorCameramanFilm Crew Author:Michael Bond
“In the 1999 resolution regarding Taiwan's future passed by the Democratic Progressive Party, it is stated very clearly that any change to the status quo of Taiwan must be decided by the people of Taiwan through referenda.” PeoplePartyDecidedDemocraticResolutionProgressiveStatus QuoTaiwan Author:Chen Shui-bian
“Most people see no reason to stop arguing just because an issue has been decided.” PeopleHas BeensReasonIssuesArgumentDecidedArguingNo Reason Author:Mason Cooley
“I think once you start as an announcer, you have to decide what kind of approach you're going to have. I decided very early that I was going to be a reporter, that I would not cheer for the team. I don't denigrate people who do it. It's fine. I think you just have to fit whatever kind of personality you have, and I think my nature was to be more down the middle and that's the way I conducted the broadcasts.” PeopleThinkingWayKindTeamMiddleFinePersonalityFitApproachDecidedCheerReportersAnnouncers Author:Ernie Harwell
“Millions of people have decided not to be sensitive. They have grown thick skins around themselves just to avoid being hurt by anybody. But it is at great cost. Nobody can hurt them, but nobody can make them happy either.” PeopleHurtMillionsCostDecidedSkinsHappySensitiveOpennessThickBeing HappyBeing HurtThick Skin Author:Rajneesh
“Look, first of all, the climate is changing. I don't think the science is clear what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It's convoluted. And for the people to say the science is decided on, this is just really arrogant, to be honest with you, it's this intellectual arrogance that now you can't even have a conversation about it. The climate is changing, and we need to adapt to that reality.” PeopleThinkingMenNeedsFirstsLooksMadeRealityScienceNaturalClearHonestConversationIntellectualDecidedClimateBeing HonestArroganceArrogantPercentagesConvolutedIntellectual Arrogance Author:Barack Obama
“Love for one's motherland is one of the most powerful and uplifting feelings. It manifested itself in full in the brotherly support to the people of Crimea and Sevastopol, when they resolutely decided to return home, this event will remain a very important epoch in domestic history forever.” PeopleLoveImportantFeelingsHomePowerfulSupportForeverEventsReturnDecidedUpliftingMost PowerfulEpochForever LoveBrotherlyMotherlandCrimea Author:Vladimir Putin
“I don't think the science is clear of what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It's convoluted, for the people to say the science is decided on this is really arrogant, to be honest with you.” PeopleThinkingMenMadeScienceNaturalClearHonestDecidedBeing HonestArrogantPercentagesConvoluted Author:Jeb Bush
“Increasingly gang violence and organized crime, together with climate change-driven natural disasters, are displacing more people as wars are fewer on the continent and political violence has decreased considerably, the NRC has decided to treat this as a humanitarian crisis.” PeopleWarTogetherPoliticalChangeNaturalViolenceCrimeDecidedTreatsCrisisClimateClimate ChangeHumanitarianDrivenDisasterOrganizedFewerContinentsGangNatural DisasterOrganized CrimePolitical ViolenceGang Violence Author:Jan Egeland
“We have decided to bring to an end the most unequal, most unjust, most barbarous war of our age, and have chosen the road to exile in order that our people will not be exterminated and in order to consecrate ourselves wholly and in peace to the preservation of our empire's independence.” PeopleWarEndsAgeOrderDecidedIndependenceChosenEmpiresUnjustPreservationExile Author:Haile Selassie
“I started my YouTube channel when I was 13. At the time, I was being bullied by a few people who I used to be very close to. I felt very alone and unmotivated. After discovering the beauty community, I decided it would be a great way to express myself and use it as an outlet to be who I am.” PeopleWayUseWould BeUsedFeltCommunityDecidedWho I AmUsed To BeDiscoveringOutletsYoutubeBulliedBeing BulliedUnmotivated Author:Bethany Mota
“I knew most of my radio listeners were lefty political people, and I decided definitively not to be that guy - not to address politics.” PeoplePoliticalGuyDecidedRadioAddressesListenersThat GuyLefties Author:Marc Maron
“I cannot change you. I cannot change other people. So I have decided to put all of my energy where I have the most leverage , where I know I can make a difference. Instead of being upset that this world is not populated the way I want it to be populated, I have decided to become the citizen that I want the world to be populated with. That's how I create the vision.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayWantI CanEnergyDifferencesVisionThis WorldCitizensDecidedUpsetMaking A Difference Author:Gary Zukav
“The people who decided in their wisdom that we're all going to go over to ebooks, they are not readers. These are technical people. These are people who think that somehow this is progress. It isn't. It's regressive.” PeopleThinkingProgressReaderDecided Author:Jeanette Winterson
“I don't really read what people write about me. Someone gives my novel one star; are they a troll? Are they someone who hates my politics and so has decided to do that?” PeopleGivingWritingHateStarsNovelDecidedTroll Author:Anna Quindlen
“I decided I was gonna call myself cause Gucci Mane cause that was my father's name. His nickname was Gucci Mane. That's what my grandmother called my father. People would call me Gucci Mane every now and then, but honestly, that was his name.” PeopleFatherNamesCausesDecidedHonestlyGrandmotherCall MeNow And ThenMy GrandmotherNicknamesGucci Author:Gucci Mane
“The way I reacted to 9/11 was I decided I didn't want to do any movies that are sad or critical. I decided I didn't want to make my living depressing people or making them go home sick, so I just decided I wanted to do comedy for a while and study it for a while. It doesn't mean everybody should do that, but that was my reaction.” PeopleWayWantShouldMeanHomeWantedStudyComedyDecidedSickCriticalReactionsDepressingHome Sick Author:Jack Nicholson
“If you're a woman and you've decided to step in front of people on any kind of platform and say that you have feelings about anything, you are committing a radical act. People view it as such, so you might as well actually commit a radical act.” PeopleIfsWellsKindFeelingsMightViewsStepsFrontsDecidedCommitRadicalPlatforms Author:Lizz Winstead
“I was 21 and had spent the last few years in Stanford University Engineering School at California. Many people advised me to take up a nice, cushy job rather than face the challenges of running a hydrogenated oil business. Looking back, I am glad I decided to take charge instead. Essentially leadership begins from within. It is a small voice that tells you where to go when you feel lost. If you believe in that voice, you believe in yourself.” PeopleIfsInspirationalFeelsYearsBelieveRunningSchoolJobsLastsFacesLostVoiceChallengesBusinessNiceDecidedUniversityOilGladCaliforniaBelieve In YourselfEngineeringLooking BackBelieve In YouIf You BelieveStanfordSmall VoiceStanford UniversityOil Business Author:Azim Premji
“I've just decided that I have to continue to live my life and do what I do. Hopefully, people love me because of who I am, not who I pretend to be.” PeopleDecidedWho I AmHopefullyLiving My Life Author:Ashley Greene
“Most of my life, I wanted to be a therapist, but then I just decided that I didn't want to be in charge of giving people advice. I want to know everything there is to know about psychology. But a therapist? No.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingWantedPsychologyAdviceDecidedTherapists Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“There was no "decision" per se to re-position myself. I simply decided that I wanted to write a book that would help people influence others.” PeopleWritingBookHelpingWantedDecisionInfluencePositionDecided Author:Guy Kawasaki
“If I was going to go into an office I wanted it to be with people I would choose to be around even if we didn't have to work together and so that was one of the major reasons why I decided out of all the different companies we invested in to work with Zappos.” PeopleIfsDifferentReasonWantedTogetherCompanyOfficeMajorsDecidedReason WhyWorking Together Author:Tony Hsieh
“You're always in a tunnel that you can't see the end of. But there's something that took place on this movie that I don't think we expected and that was that once we decided that the entire cast would be real retired opera singers and retired musicians... and these people the phone hadn't rung for them for 20 or 40 years even though they can deliver.” PeopleThinkingYearsRealEndsWould BeMusicianDecidedCastsPhonesExpectedSingersOperaBeing RealRetiredTunnelsOpera Singers Author:Dustin Hoffman
“A lot of people thought I got famous as a studio artist, then decided to cash in on it. But it actually was just a matter of survival for many years, and I felt it was really important for me to be able to say whatever I wanted with my street art and fine art.” PeopleYearsArtImportantMatterAbleWantedArtistFeltStreetsFineSurvivalDecidedStudiosCashFine ArtsStreet Art Author:Shepard Fairey
“Barack Obama didn't get elected president, would never have been elected president, had he decided to run as a black candidate. In order to reach the broadest number of people you have to speak to their interests as broadly as you can.” PeopleHas BeensRunningOrderSpeakBlackPresidentInterestNumbersDecidedBarackCandidates Author:Gwen Ifill
“But from the moment George Bush decided to overthrow Saddam, the people who were going to benefit here were the Shia, who are 60 percent of the population. So if you were ever going to have an election, then the Shia would take over.” PeopleIfsMomentsBenefitsPercentDecidedElectionPopulationSaddamShia Author:Patrick Cockburn
“I decided that I was ready to assume this position when I discovered that the chance to save the country was very meager. I was prepared to sacrifice myself for this country and its 90 million people. They want food, fuel and electricity and yearn for a decent life. Any president who does not pay attention to such details or is unable to provide the minimum level of stability should leave office.” PeopleWantShouldDoeCountryPresidentChanceLevelsPayAttentionMillionsSacrificePositionReadyOfficeDecidedAssumingPreparedDetailsPay AttentionDecentFuelStabilityMinimumElectricityDecent Life Author:Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
“Really the moment I decided I wanted to do art seriously, I left art school. I wanted to be with people who were interested in the same things I was: popular culture.” PeopleArtMomentsWantedSchoolCultureLeftDecidedPopular CultureArt School Author:Aleksandra Mir
“I found that a lot of people ridiculed contemporary art. I decided I wanted to be involved in art everybody could understand.” PeopleArtWantedFoundInvolvedDecidedContemporaryContemporary Art Author:Jason Blum
“When [Vladimir] Putin, a former lieutenant-colonel in the KGB, became Russia's president on December 31, 1999 - eight years after the failed coup attempt against (then Soviet leader Mikhail) Gorbachev, and eight years after the people had torn down the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the hated founder of the KGB, in Moscow - it was admittedly a shock. Nevertheless, I decided to give Putin a chance. He seemed dynamic and capable of learning. But I had to bury my hopes after just a few months. He proved to be an autocrat - and, because the West let him do as he pleased, he became a dictator.” PeopleGivingYearsPresidentChanceLeaderMonthsCapableDecidedWestEightRussiaFormerHatedShockSovietDictatorFoundersNeverthelessTornStatuesPutinDecemberMoscowColonelsCoupsLieutenantsKgbGorbachev Author:Garry Kasparov
“An actor has so much less space and responsibility. Sometimes you come on, and there are already tape marks for where you are supposed to stand, and the dialogue is already decided on. If you want to make a change and contribute something, it has to be approved by a number of people.” PeopleIfsWantSometimesActorsSpaceNumbersResponsibilityDecidedMarkDialogueWhere You AreTapeMaking ChangesApproved Author:Paul Bettany
“You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.” PeopleIfsFeelsEnoughPlayDecidedPressureGuitarSingers Author:Natalie Imbruglia
“The Bible is full of ordinary people who went to impossible places and did wondrous things simply because they decided to obey God.” PeopleImpossibleOrdinaryDecidedOrdinary PeopleWondrous Author:Andrew van der Bijl
“Well, I think that's been my career. I always choose stuff that's the same, yet different. These projects just happened. I didn't plan it out that way. I just happened to be free, and the director, Dan Pritzker, decided to do his film again. I say again because we did it seven years ago. A lot of the actors were not available, so he just couldn't wait anymore and he recast everything. Me and two other characters are the only people involved with the new one, who were involved with the previous one.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsWellsTwoDifferentCharacterFilmActorsStuffWaitingCareersPlansHappenedInvolvedDirectorsProjectsYears AgoDecidedSevenAvailableSeven Years Author:Michael Rooker
“There's an element of realism to it. I immersed myself more in the subject as a young adult. Then I started to get involved with a lot of people that were involved in it, and they would just bring me along basically. And I learned and decided that my Christian charity, what I wanted to do to serve God's will, was to help people that were ensnared by the demonic.” PeopleHelpingWantedChristianYoungSubjectsInvolvedElementsAdultsDecidedCharityYoung AdultGods WillRealismServing GodGet InvolvedDemonic Author:Ralph Sarchie
“But you need to strive to try and communicate and try and change things in a similar way. And then people can think that's pretentious or whatever, but it's your life's work, and you've decided that. That's what they made us believe. So we have a pretty high standard, which is at times great and at times not.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsTryingBelieveMadeStandardsDecidedStriveCommunicatePretentiousHigh Standards Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“Some people are tempted most strongly at the beginning of their spiritual life, others near the end. Some are troubled all their lives. Still others receive only light temptation. Such things are decided by God, and we can trust his wisdom.” PeopleStillsEndsLightSpiritualDecidedTemptationSpiritual LifeTempted Author:Thomas a Kempis
“I think sometimes people haven't really quite worked out how to peg me, or exactly what it is that I do. In that way, I feel lucky that I can get to play different things because they haven't quite decided what I am.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsI CanDifferentSometimesPlayHavensLuckyDecidedDifferent ThingsPeg Author:Miranda Otto
“We all have the people we follow on Tumblr whose opinions or taste we respect. And I think because you see so much more variety of opinions and everything on the internet, it's less decided that something is good or bad. It's more like we all just sort of like what we like.” PeopleThinkingOpinionInternetTasteDecidedVariety Author:Tavi Gevinson
“I had visited New York at age 12, and I loved the big buildings and the swarms of people. At 23, I decided to try it. I was going to go for six months, and I ended up living there for 18 years before I moved to California, so I am living the American Dream.” PeopleTryingYearsDreamBigsAgeNew YorkBuildingMonthsSixDecidedMovedCaliforniaAmerican DreamSix MonthsSwarmsLiving The American Dream Author:Ari Marcopoulos
“But you certainly don't have perspective. And there's so much pressure going into that opening night because you know there's journalists, tons of acquisitions people, and the fate of your film in some ways, if not decided, is really affected by how it screens that night.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayFilmNightFatePerspectiveDecidedPressureScreensOpeningJournalistAffectedAcquisitionOpening Night Author:James Ponsoldt
“It's fascinating. It's also exhilarating when you see people making the exact same choices that you've made. It kind of validates what you've decided to do. I saw a wonderful production of Jessica Lange doing Streetcar with Alec Baldwin. It was gorgeous. It's a measure of what a great classic that is, that our Cate Blanchett also did an absolute amazing Blanche in Sydney, as well as in New York.” PeopleWellsKindMadeChoicesSawsWonderfulNew YorkDecidedAbsolutesProductionsMade ItClassicFascinatingGorgeousExhilaratingSydneyJessicaBlanche Author:Jacki Weaver
“I'm a private person, I'm shy about people knowing things. And I'm really shy about my medical (care). It would be good if I could just go and heal and then when I decided to go out, it would be okay. It seems that there are areas that should be off-limits.” PeopleIfsShouldPersonsSeemsWould BeCareKnowingLimitsAreasDecidedOkayBe GoodMedicalHealIf I CouldShyMedical CareKnowing Things Author:Farrah Fawcett
“The West appears to have decided for the Ukrainian people what their choice is. The EU does not condemn violent actions in Ukraine which are punishable in the West.” PeopleDoeActionChoicesDecidedWestViolentUkraineUkrainian Author:Sergey Lavrov
“Do I think men are complicated? People are complicated! I don't know that there is one particular aspect of men in general that I don't understand - other than why do they have nipples? I thought we decided that men are just big, hairy apes.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenBigsParticularAspectDecidedComplicatedApesNipples Author:Scarlett Johansson
“Yeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn't seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn't like that, so I decided I'd have to show them they weren't any better than me, you know? They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, 'He beat us at chess, but he's still just an uncouth kid.' So I decided to dress up.” PeopleKnowsStillsEnoughShowsSeemsKidsUsedBeatsDecidedDressesYeahChessSixteenUncouth Author:Bobby Fischer
“Aim at perfection and nothing less. Need the best. Deserve the best. Those who say it's not possible are the people who decided to settle.” PeopleNeedsDeservePerfectionDecidedAimSettlingDeserve The Best Author:Behdad Sami