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  • Horace How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot of which he has chosen or which chance has thrown his way, but praises those who follow a different course?
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Alan Cohen I claim my heart's desire, and I choose my direction. I will attain my chosen goal.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Richard Nixon I often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.
    Richard Nixon
    American president (1913 - 1994)
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  • Sebastian Faulks I'd never chosen to be alone, but that was the way things had turned out, and I'd grown used to it.
    Sebastian Faulks
    British novelist, journalist and broadcaster (1953 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • William Law If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.
    William Law
    English priest (1686 - 1761)
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  • Cass Sunstein If you look at a great city, one of its amazing features is that you're going to find all sorts of things that you might not specifically have chosen in advance. And they will change your day. Maybe your month. Maybe your whole life.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Cat Stevens In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind.
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1948 - )
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  • André Maurois In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • Eric Hoffer It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Al Sharpton It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
    Al Sharpton
    American civil rights activist, Baptist minister and talk show host (1954 - )
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  • Ben Roethlisberger Leadership is something you earn, something you're chosen for. You can't come in yelling, 'I'm your leader!' If it happens, it's because the other guys respect you.
    Ben Roethlisberger
    American football player (1982 - )
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  • Barbara Kruger Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is a crazy place, and I've chosen to make my work about that insanity.
    Barbara Kruger
    American artist (1945 - )
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  • Maurice Chevalier Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.
    Maurice Chevalier
    French actor and comedian (1888 - 1972)
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  • Minor White No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.
    Minor White
     
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  • Antonio Tabucchi No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • Andrew Bernstein Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.
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  • Elbert Hubbard One who limits himself to his chosen mode of ignorance.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Randolph Silliman Bourne Our friends are chosen for us by some hidden law of sympathy, and not by our conscious wills.
    Source: Youth and life (1913)
    Randolph Silliman Bourne
    American writer and intellectual (1886 - 1918)
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  • Bebe Neuwirth People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for your health too. If you are true to yourself, it seems to me everything should work out pretty well.
    Bebe Neuwirth
    American actress, singer and dancer (1958 - )
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