“Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.” Would BeFatherGoalInterestCareersStudyActivityDecidedMedicineUniversityProfession Author:Frederick Sanger
“I did a series of classes in psychology (at the institute), .. The students that came to that class had children. And over a period of a few years, they decided they wanted a nursery school, a play group (to watch over their children while they were studying). So in one of the garages that was near where we were having the classes, we established a play group area and the students volunteered to supervise. That eventually led to building a state-licensed nursery school, which was approved by the California department of social welfare.” YearsChildrenStatesPlayWantedSchoolSocialClassWatchesStudyPsychologyGroupsStudentsBuildingPeriodsAreasDecidedSeriesCaliforniaWelfareDepartmentInstituteGarageApprovedNurserySocial WelfareNursery School Author:Dorothy Nolte
“After realising my natural affinity towards surrealism several years ago I decided to study it's origins and definitions.” YearsNaturalStudyYears AgoDecidedDefinitionsRealisingSurrealismAffinity Author:Trevor Dunn
“As a matter of fact, I decided in high school that I was going to go to the seminary. And I did study with the Paulist Fathers for two years after high school in full anticipation of becoming a priest.” YearsTwoMatterFactsSchoolFatherStudyBecomingHigh SchoolDecidedTwo YearsPriestsAnticipationMatter Of FactSeminaryAfter High School Author:Bob Gunton
“I went to Columbia University because they were doing a study on people who suffered from panic attacks, and because I suffered from panic attacks my whole life, I decided to be a part of it. They had this questionnaire where they asked, How many units of alcohol do you have in a month? The top answer was 40 or more, and I got really scared because I was having on average 60 or 70 drinks a week. And I realized that that was a bad sign.” PeopleWholeAnswersStudyWeekMonthsDrinkDecidedUniversityAverageScaredAlcoholI RealizedWhole LifePanicUnitsColumbiaPanic AttacksColumbia UniversityQuestionnaires Author:Moby
“As a result of listening to Aberhart, my father decided to leave the farm in 1927 to study at Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute, Aberhart's training school.” SchoolFatherResultsStudyListeningTrainingDecidedFarmsInstitutePropheticCalgary Author:Preston Manning
“My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers - to which I had a synesthetic and emotional response - for letters, to which I had none. It was because of this that I decided not to continue math at Advanced level, but chose to study history, French and German instead.” UseFoundDifficultPoorLevelsNumbersStudyEmotionalLettersDecidedResponseMathEquationsAlgebraEmotional Response Book:Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Source: Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
“The following year, after I had prepared my draft, the Conference of the Interparliamentary Union at The Hague decided to set up a special commission to study the problem seriously.” YearsProblemStudySpecialDecidedUnionsPreparedFollowingConferences Author:Ludwig Quidde
“Finally I decided that since peasants were the largest segment of the world's population, it would be an honorable and worthy career to devote my life to the study of peasants and agriculture.” WorldWould BeCareersStudyDecidedPopulationWorthyAgricultureHonorablePeasants Author:James C. Scott
“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
“I have decided to follow in my sinful ways, and have largely abandoned the increasingly religious life I was leading over the previous months, including several hours of Talmudic study a day.” WayHoursReligiousStudyMonthsDecidedIncludingAbandonedReligious Life Author:Luke Ford
“It was my mother, despite the limitations placed on women of her time by society, who insisted I be allowed to go abroad to study, in sturdy defiance of the male elders of the family, who protested and decided that I should be married off instead.” ShouldMotherStudyMarriedDecidedMalesDespiteLimitationEldersBeing MarriedDefianceSturdy Author:Dalia Grybauskaite