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• You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

  Julian Assange

  Lying, Ignorance, Decision

  "Julian Assange, monk of the online age who thrives on intellectual battle". Interview with Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2010.

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• The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Teamwork, People

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• What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement in the decision-making.

  Laurence Steinberg

  Father, Decision, Rebel

  Laurence Steinberg (2011). “You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• Most decisions are seat-of-the-pants judgments. You can create a rationale for anything. In the end, most decisions are based on intuition and faith.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Decision, Intuition, Pants

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• Thinking is trying to think the unthinkable: thinking the thinkable is not worth the effort.

  Helene Cixous

  Thinking, Effort, Decision

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• I'm on the verge of taking a stand.

  Tom Hollander

  Decision, Verge

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• We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.

  Aneurin Bevan

  Inspirational, Life, Running

  See Hightower 2

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• Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

  Rita Coolidge

  Funny, Humor, Opportunity

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• High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Office, Decision, Intellectual

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• When you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Patience, Spring

  Robert H. Schuller (1986). “Inspirational Writings of Robert H. Schuller”, Bristol Park Books

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• Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.

  John Cale

  Attitude, Decisions You Make, Smart Choices

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• It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Strong, Men, Issues

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• When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

  Bob Woodward

  Essence, Decision, Political

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• Folks can believe what they like but eventually a man's got to declare if he's going to do what is right.

  Josh Brolin

  Believe, Men, Decision

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• We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

  Thomas Merton

  Real, Decisions You Make, Self

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.25, Shambhala Publications

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• No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

  Agnes de Mille

  Inspirational, Life, Yoga

  Agnes De Mille (2015). “Dance to the Piper”, p.82, New York Review of Books

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• The man of decision cannot be stopped! The man of indecision cannot be started! Take your own choice.

  Napoleon Hill

  Men, Choices, Decision

  Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success”, p.566, Courier Corporation

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• Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to others.

  Heinz Hopf

  Decision, Might, Habit

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• Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Motivational, Patience, Spring

  Robert H. Schuller (1993). “Robert H Schuller: The Inspirational Writings : Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do/Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.

  William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

  Thinking, Giving, Justice

  Advice to a newly appointed colonial governor ignorant in the law, in John Lord Campbell 'The Lives of the Chief Justices of England' (1849) vol. 2, ch. 40

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• Changing our decision sets up a bad habit. It reinforces decision-making as an expression of bewilderment and ignorance, instead of wisdom and freedom.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Ignorance, Expression, Decision

  Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.49, Harmony

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• Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation.

  Charles Rangel

  Decision, Rehabilitation, May

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• The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by indecision, terrified that every choice might be the wrong choice.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Choices, Decision, Might

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.345, A&C Black

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• No single decision you ever made has led in a straight line to where you find yourself now. You peeked down some roads and took a few steps before turning back. You followed some roads that came to a dead end and others that got lost at too many intersections. Ultimately, all roads are connected to all other roads.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Decision, Finding Yourself

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• There are a lot of things going on with my life right now that don't just have to do with career. So I have a hard time making decisions about work. That's really a luxury problem.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Hard Times, Careers, Luxury

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