I Chose Quotes

325 I Chose quotes by 285 unique authors

I chose to defend human rights because I cannot maintain my silence in the face of injustice. — Chen Guangcheng
I see my parents as tiny children who need love. I have compassion for my parents’ childhoods. I now know that I chose them because… — Louise Hay
I had 2 choices, be silent and get killed, or speak up and be killed, I chose the second option. — Malala Yousafzai
Every comedian comes to a fork in the road where they have to decide if they're going to make jokes about other people or make… — Mike Birbiglia
The world’s a better place since I chose music. I like the physical aspect of it, the volume and the intensity of it. It’s loud… — Henry Rollins
Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession. — Joan D. Vinge
I chose to start my world tour in Israel for a very specific and important reason. As you know, the Middle East and all the… — Madonna Ciccone
There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been… — Mark Goddard
Madonna Kolbenschlag suggest that if an awakened woman forgoes innocence and denial, if she refuses to make compromises with herself and defect to patriarchy, then… — Sue Monk Kidd
I've always liked my clothes, even before I could properly afford them. Clothes for me were never a cloak, a cover. They were how I… — Paul Weller
I had two options One was to remain silent and wait to be killed and the second was to speak up and then be killed.… — Malala Yousafzai
I chose to do comedy instead of going to college. — Bo Burnham
I also realized that the philosophers, far from ridding me of my vain doubts, only multiplied the doubts that tormented me and failed to remove… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other. — Woodrow Wilson
There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls. — Miriam Makeba
Education has fundamentally changed my life. It's perhaps the mission of my life. I'm wed to it in a very powerful and personal way. And… — Bev Perdue
The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that… — Graham Taylor
I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios… — Koichi Tanaka
I never complain. I chose the road of fighting with the Ukrainian oligarchy in 1996, and have paid for this with my freedom and that… — Yulia Tymoshenko
For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the… — Christoph Waltz
I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do. — Malcolm-Jamal Warner
When you are in a bad production there are two things you can do. You can do your best or you can leave. I chose… — Samuel West
I chose to not wear a wire and tape people. I chose to not get immunity until - were accepted, whatever - until the independent… — Monica Lewinsky
The extreme side of my personality, which I chose to sort of display, was snowballing and getting a life of its own. It was like… — Brian Molko
I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling. — Chris Marker

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