This Budget reflects a choice - not an easy choice, but the right choice. And when you think about it, the only choice. The choice to take the responsible, prudent path to fiscal stability, economic growth and opportunity.
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Related I would certainly advocate for that. We'd be very disappointed if we didn't do that. We certainly re... DERRICK CHOICE I would drive (by) there often and pray that no child would get in there and hurt themselves. DERRICK CHOICE We are certainly proud to recognize Black History Month in our city. DERRICK CHOICE Joy is a Choice - but Not an Easy Choice. JONATHAN LOCKWOOD HUIE It's not about making the right choice. It's about making a choice and making it right. J.R. RIM It's not about making the right choice. It's about making a choice and making it right. J.R. RIM choice isn’t about right or wrong, but choiceis about what you think it’s right and make it as y... JHEB KRUEGER (JEFF) I made the choice to have the double mastectomy, and for me it felt like the right choice, and it tu... AMY ROBACH We have a choice to make: Keep playing hard or call it (quits). I think it's an easy choice. BRANDON SMITH When the public sees what the choice is, we think it's an easy choice. It's really an arcane law set... ALAN CIAMPORCERO I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Make the right choice, and if you can't make the right choice, choose the righteous one. J.J. BOWLERS Life is full of choices. Every breath, every minute, every path you take is a choice. To be or not b... CJ HECK We may not have a choice in who we fall in love with~ But we do have a choice & are responsible for ... BJ MORIN SACRIFICE OR SELFISHNESS -THE CRUCIAL CHOICE HENNA SOHAIL God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choi... HENRY WARD BEECHER I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. Th... SHARRON ANGLE If you don't have the right support form the right people you are always going to be the best choice... RICHMOND AKHIGBE I don't look back and say I made the wrong choice. I won't ever do that. I made that choice and I've... DOUG WAECHTER The only choice that we lack is the choice to choose. LEIF ERICSSON LEO VENESS Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a... ROY T. BENNETT You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories, and we made the funny cho... JOHN GREEN I'm pro-responsible choice. There is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are al... SHARRON ANGLE If everything happens for a reason that means you made the right choice even when it's the wrong cho... LIL TREYCO If everything happens for a reason that means you made the right choice even when it’s the wrong c... TREYCO I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in fact, it'... MARLO THOMAS When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace WAYNE W. DYER Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of... W. H. AUDEN When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that in itself is a choice. WILLIAM JAMES When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. WILLIAM JAMES There is always a good choice and there is always a better choice. There is always the best choice a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Look to your heart and soul first, rather than looking to your head first, when choosing. Rather tha... JEFFREY R. ANDERSON I say I'm the only serious comedian in the presidential race. And I'd like to take this oppo... ROSEANNE BARR Mike Brown was our first choice and only choice. DAN GILBERT The choice to make good choices is the best choice you can choose. Fail to make that choice and on m... RYAN LILLY When there are no expectations affecting a choice, it should be taken immediately. Overthinking such... CHARBEL TADROS ...how impossible it is to really make a choice, when the best choice of all is an option you LAURIE J. MARKS Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life ... W. H. AUDEN You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK I'm beginning to think the only choice anyone has in life is between either a bad choice or a worse ... SHERRILYN KENYON I think everyone can relate to the idea of making a bad choice - and knowing it's a bad choice -... KATHLEEN ROBERTSON Everything you do in life, every choice you make, has a consequence. When you do things without thin... MARK STEVEN JOHNSON Average is always a safe choice, and it is the most dangerous choice you can make. ERWIN RAPHAEL MCMANUS I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice.... MURIEL RUKEYSER Testing by any of the available recommended methods is a reasonable choice. The only unreasonable ch... DURADO BROOKS This reduces diversity; it does not increase it. A choice is being eliminated the choice to atten... BILL BARRETT This reduces diversity; it does not increase it. A choice is being eliminated — the choice to atte... BILL BARRETT Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is e... J. K. ROWLING You always have a choice - ALWAYS. If you base that choice with Awareness you will always make the r... ANIL GUPTA Best way to get an answer. Exercise free agency. Study it out in your mind the choice you want to ma... VALERIE ROSE STERRETT You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kin... MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Given a choice between life and death, choose life. Given a choice between right and wrong, choose w... MIRA GRANT We never thought we couldn't come back in. The fundamental right to counsel is the right to counsel ... RAMSEY CLARK Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice. DOUG HORTON Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice. DOUGLAS HORTON I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice.... MURIEL RUKEYSER It is better to be wrong (fail) in doing the right thing than to be right (successful) in doing the ... JAIME CONTRERAS Stability is when the U.K. and U.S. invade a country and impose the regime of their choice. NOAM CHOMSKY What we had here was a duty to warm people, to give them the evidence so they can make an informed c... JIM MURPHY A choice made having devastating consequences for another is really not a choice. It is an act. BEEM WEEKS The issue of school choice is still alive but vouchers as a means is not a choice. DAVID AUBREY Every choice has a consequence, every consequence another choice. Little agonies waiting to be embra... MCM I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in f... MARLO THOMAS I think that was absolutely the right choice, BILL BLACK Nobody makes a bad choice intentionally; it was the best choice at that time. There is only learning... -HARRISH SAIRAMAN If the only obstacle to the renewal and modernization of France is a choice of personnel, I am compl... ALAIN JUPPE One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you. VERONICA ROTH This was the way he had to go; he had no choice. He had never had any choice. He was only a dreamer. URSULA K. LE GUIN Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to sho... BRENé BROWN Let there be no doubt, our choice -- the choice of President Bush, the choice of the United States C... BILL YOUNG At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by... JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE I don't believe in good human beings, but I believe you can have structures that make it easier ... JUSTIN WELBY One Choice One Choice, decided your friends. One Choice, defines your beliefs.... VERONICA ROTH You may not have had a choice in your losses, but you do have a choice in your recovery. LORI BRAUTIGAM It didn't came out from nowhere... it was just your choice. So the difference between this and this ... DEYTH BANGER We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our... ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE I have reached a conclusion that when we have to make a choice between greater Israel or a Jewish de... EHUD OLMERT If there's a choice between tap water and bottled water, the consumer can make that choice. In a... MUHTAR KENT To choose not to choose is still a choice for which you alone are responsible. GARY COX The people of Belarus have made their choice and it's absolutely irrelevant here whether the United ... ANDREI POPOV I think it's wonderful that people have a choice and have the money. But not all people have the mon... FERGUS CLYDESDALE People are capable of doing an awful lot when they have no choice and I had no choice. Courage is wh... TERRY ANDERSON When I think about voting, I can skip it and still see myself as a good citizen. But when I think ab... ADAM GRANT Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be. Every time you don't throw y... CHUCK PALAHNIUK When we begin to realize that we are the co-creators of our lives, we begin to understand the incorp... LINDA MCCORD When you start a new project, you wonder whether it's the right choice. JAMIE BAMBER The optimal choice is the practical version of the ideal choice. AARON SANTOS It is up to us to make the right choice and the right decisions. KAROLINA KURKOVA It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die. FERDINAND E. MARCOS Every choice carries a consequence. For better or worse, each choice is the unavoidable consequence ... GARY RYAN BLAIR Pamela realizes for the first time in her life that she hadn't made the wrong choice at all. Nor had... PIP KARMEL Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to man... MADELEINE L'ENGLE life is full of fantasies. Life is full of realities. Fantasies bring fantasies and realities bring ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I don't like this terminology that you have no choice. You always have a choice. EHUD OLMERT If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that cou... NICHOLAS SPARKS At any given moment the choice to be happy is present- we just have to choose to be happy. STEVE MARABOLI when one's avenue of retreat is cut off there is only one way to go - forward. OG MANDINO You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel indust... MICHELLE APPLEBAUM Success is not a Choice, it is a Right. J.J. BOWLERS You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. CHUCK PALAHNIUK
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