They Chose Quotes
37 quotes by 35 authors
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The United States did not choose to fight Islamic extremists. These terrorists chose to fight our way of life. They chose to challenge our existence.
— John Boehner
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The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too knew the suffocating…
— William O. Douglas
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The govÂernÂment had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war too.
— Winston Churchill
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The same individuals who are doing primary research in the role of humans on the climate system are then permitted to lead the [IPCC] assessment!…
— Roger A. Pielke
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Which direction do we take? The one prompted by the passions or the one indicated by the star which shines in your conscience? The Magi…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I hope if dogs ever take over the world, and they chose a king, they don't just go by size, because I bet there are…
— Jack Handey
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A lot of sponsors over the years have left us. They've all come back. But they chose to leave us for a while because of…
— Morley Safer
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My parents wondered what to do with this insufferable show-off. They chose acting for me and I'm very grateful I can still make a living…
— Honeysuckle Weeks
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My biggest disappointment was, of course, the coup attempts, ... The economy was proceeding very well, but in 1989 we had the most serious coup…
— Corazon Aquino
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I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely great like John Ford and Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, and also some very modern directors…
— Michel Hazanavicius
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If I could teach my children only one thing, it would be the skill of marketing. For with that skill, they could be successful at…
— Howard Ruff
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...Directors of a large food-manufacturing firm (:)...At one extreme (: one) said it was not his job to protect people from themselves; he was not…
— John Yudkin
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Yeah, what happened was Universal wanted one of the characters to be nice so they chose me so there was a scene where the girl…
— Matthew McGrory
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There comes a time when a race of beings makes a decision. When they chose to reject enlightenment, it's the end of their world because…
— Frederick Lenz
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It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they chose long ago.
— Eugenie Clark
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But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They needed only to rise…
— George Orwell
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I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics of my fellow…
— Jessica Lynch
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A person who is enlightened does not have to reincarnate, or they may. If they chose not to, they can go beyond the wheel, and…
— Frederick Lenz
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All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.
— David Hockney
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Pigeons are among the most maligned urban wildlife despite the fact that human beings brought them to our shores and turned them loose in our…
— Ingrid Newkirk
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