“Four experts had an appointment with an ordinary man. They needed him to ratify their findings, or anything they achieved would be meaningless. As they drove to meet him, they knocked down a man on the road. He was dying. If they tried to save him, they might miss their appointment. They decided that their appointment, which concerned all of us, was more important than the life of one man. They drove on to keep their appointment. They did not know that the man they were to meet was the man they had left to die.” IfsKnowsMenImportantMightWould BeDiesLeftFourDyingMissingHe ManNeededFindingsOrdinaryConcernedDecidedExpertsOne ManMeaninglessAppointmentsOrdinary ManKnocked Down Author:William McIlvanney
“When I was a model, actually, for a little while, my friend that I worked with a lot, she had horrible self-esteem too. We decided that the exact moment when we actually thought we were attractive, we wouldn't be anymore. We would just, like, miss it.” LittlesSelfMomentsMissingSelf EsteemModelsMy FriendsDecidedHorribleEsteemAttractive Author:Geena Davis
“I never had becoming Miss America on my radar screen. But when I was 17, I decided to quit the violin and my parents were devastated.” AmericaParentMissingBecomingDecidedScreensQuittingViolinRadarDevastatedMiss America Author:Gretchen Carlson
“In the Miss America system talent is worth 50 percent of a contestant's points so my mom encouraged me to give it a try. And once I decided to do it, like anything else, I gave it 110 percent.” GivingTryingAmericaTalentMissingMomPercentDecidedMy MomContestantsMiss America Author:Gretchen Carlson
“I look at the tattoo inside my left wrist. It's my brother's name, he committed suicide two years ago. Just before the second anniversary of his death, I tattooed his name. I miss him, of course, and I decided I would live for me, and for him.” YearsLooksTwoCoursesNamesLeftMissingBrotherYears AgoDecidedSuicideCommittedMy BrotherTwo YearsTattooWristsTattooedTwo Years Ago Author:Pom Klementieff