Decided Quotes - Page 39

• I did my masters in elementary particles. But the foundations of elementary particles is quantum theory and there were too many conceptual problems around quantum theory that I couldn't live with. So I decided I was going to work on the foundations of quantum theory. That's what I did my Ph.D on.

  Vandana Shiva

  Foundation, Problem, Quantum

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• You get caught up in a cycle at some point, so I broke the cycle and decided; I'm going to really write a lot of books, because I need to get in touch with that part of myself in order to make more music.

  Gerard Way

  Book, Writing, Order

  "Until I'm Done Or Until I Get Fired: Gerard Way On His Plans For Young Animal". Interview With Andrew Wheeler, comicsalliance.com. April 21, 2016.

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• I found two true stories. One was in 2003. One was the beginning of 2004. I decided to meld them. Richard Davis' story which is the largest portion of this, a lot of the events are exactly as you saw, exactly what happened and the locations. Exactly as it was said with the chicken house and the strip club. Richard's parents were on the set and they'll tell you that the story is different than their son's. I was very concerned because I called them to say, 'You understand I'm fictionalizing this story?

  Paul Haggis

  Son, Two, Parent

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• Normally when people say they haven't decided, they're being polite but they're definitely not voting for you. I think it's different this time. People are thinking hard about the issues.

  David Cameron

  Thinking, Issues, People

  "EU referendum campaign recap: David Cameron faces down angry audience member at Brexit debate" by Mikey Smith, www.mirror.co.uk. June 10, 2016.

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• I notice that a little bit at The Office, with, like, an actor: If I decided there'd be a certain way in the script, it would still seem open-ended, whereas ... if I was a man I would not have seen that.

  Mindy Kaling

  Men, Office, Actors

  "Mindy Kaling On Refusing To Be An Outsider And Sexism On Set". www.wbur.org. October 16, 2014.

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• I've decided to just keep doing Oh, Hello, where I play an older man who thinks he's very cultured. That clearly has not gone away.

  Nick Kroll

  Men, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I went through elementary school being bullied and teased. I remember someone - I can't recall his name, but I can see his face - who decided on the school bus, when I was ten or eleven, to call me "Percy." That was somehow supposed to connect to the fact that I wasn't very athletic. I was, in fact, also not very coordinated. I was not very masculine, by the standards of ten-year-olds. I remember being on the school bus and everyone chanting, "Percy! Percy! Percy!" at me.

  Andrew Solomon

  School, Years, Names

  Source: andrewsolomon.com

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• I woke up one day and I realized I wasn't born beautiful, but my wife was, so I decided to make a horror film about it: what it would be like to be born beautiful.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Beautiful, Wife, One Day

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• This particular one was very, very heartwarming and is the relationship of an older man and a young boy that are essentially on the run. And so yeah, as I say, Barry Crump wrote a lot of books and this one got into the hands of Taika Watiti who then writing the screenplay decided to really vamp up if that's the word, or ramp up and modernize certain phrases - getting in the humor. So he added a lot of a real comedy perspective onto it which is what I think the story needed anyway, especially for it to turn into a film. And it worked.

  Rhys Darby

  Running, Real, Book

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• I had ideas about music and sound and listening and time and so on that I wanted to pursue as an individual, and by doing that book, Brian [Eno] opened the door, and he decided to do a record based loosely on the book.

  David Toop

  Book, Ideas, Doors

  "The Strange World Of... David Toop". Interview with Karen Shook, thequietus.com. June 28, 2016.

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• It usually happens spur of the moment, like when I broke up My Chemical Romance, it was just that day that I decided it was time for them to be done. And people were very upset about it so I have to choose my next victims carefully.

  Mark Hoppus

  People, Romance, Upset

  "Interview: Mark Hoppus On Blink-182's New Album, 'california'". Coup De Main Interview, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. June 27, 2016.

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• I really like the melody "Red Wine Is Good For My Heart" and people respond to it. I decided to put it on the album.

  Cheyenne Jackson

  Heart, Wine, People

  Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. June 23, 2016.

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• People have curiosity, they have intelligence, they have interest in understanding their peers. But producers and directors of cinema have decided that the seats in the theaters have been made to transform people's minds to lazy minds.

  Abbas Kiarostami

  People, Understanding, Curiosity

  "They Should Be Grateful: An Interview with Abbas Kiarostami". Interview with Zachary Wigon, filmmakermagazine.com. February 13, 2013.

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• I wrote my first rhymes around 8th grade. After serving a year in juvenile detention, I decided to pursue my career as an artist.

  Yukmouth

  Artist, Years, Careers

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• I never intended to write poems, nor to be a photographer, nor to be a film-maker. I just took many, many pictures and I would put them in an album, and then some years later I decided to show them and suddenly I was called a photographer. Same thing with my poetry. They're notes that I'd written in a book and it may be considered poetry.

  Abbas Kiarostami

  Book, Writing, Years

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.

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• The idea for Anthem the play began over twenty years ago. I was assisting in the production of another Ayn Rand work, Ideal. I moved to New York and began working on producing the play with my partners. And as a way to raise money to cover some venture debt, we decided to stage Anthem for a limited run at the Lex Theatre in Hollywood.

  Jeff Britting

  Running, New York, Years

  Source: www.theobjectivestandard.com

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• I have decided that now is not the right time for me to run for the leadership - though I remain completely committed to ensuring we secure our position as a great trading nation with sensible controls on migration. I believe that Theresa May has the strength, judgment and values to deliver those things.

  Jeremy Hunt

  Running, Believe, Judgement

  "Theresa May launches Tory leadership bid with pledge to unite country" by Jessica Elgot and Rowena Mason, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2016.

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• I have decided to give my support to Theresa May. I intend to work closely with her, to campaign for her and I'm sure she'll be a very fine prime minister of this country.

  Liam Fox

  Country, Giving, Support

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• 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.

  Gretchen Carlson

  America, Parent, Missing

  Source: frankviola.org

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• 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.

  Gretchen Carlson

  Mom, America, Giving

  Source: frankviola.org

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• I felt vindicated that I decided to speak up for not only myself but women all across the nation who've been put down.

  Gretchen Carlson

  Speak, Felt, Nations

  Source: frankviola.org

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• I was told I had to go to business school to succeed. I gave it a shot, but eventually dropped out to bootstrap a restaurant with just a Visa card and a $20,000 line of credit. Everyone told me restaurants were hard work (and they were right! I have so much respect for anyone in the restaurant business). I ran the restaurant for two years, sold a franchise, decided to change paths, and sold the whole operation at a modest profit.

  Ryan Holmes

  Hard Work, School, Years

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• Just before I left [Cuba], I was about to transfer to the university. I had decided I had had enough experience in work in the manual areas. But then I got word from the United States that I could return...that my party had gathered enough information about the false charges that were against me for me to return to the United States.

  Huey Newton

  Party, Information, Had Enough

  Source: www.afro.com

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• I decided to try things, and I started to do things that would take me out of my comfort zone, and a lot of the times, that will cause you to either sink or swim. Really, I just lean on my inner circle and my faith to try to continue to encourage me so that I'm never out. I can be down, but I'm never out.

  Omar Benson Miller

  Circles, Swim, Trying

  "Weekend Fix Actor Omar Benson Miller: Trying, Doing, and Failing". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I decided to focus on the things I could control and let go of the things that were out of my hands. That lesson has provided me with great relief; it has brought great things into my life.

  Raul Castillo

  Letting Go, Hands, Focus

  "Looking Actor Raúl Castillo: Telling Human Stories". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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