She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.
Christina Rossetti

So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.
Kevin Mitnick

Sure, I always chose rebels to identify with - I still do - but to me a rebel isn't so much someone who breaks the law as someone who goes against the odds.
William Petersen

The attractive lady whom I had only recently been introduced to dropped into my lap... I chose not to dump her off.
Gary Hart

The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake.
Gerry Cooney

The guitar chose me.
Charlie Byrd

The issue of the Betrayal was so central to that, I felt the need to comment upon it. My choices were to ignore the games and put them "outside" of continuity or to integrate them. I chose the latter.
Raymond E. Feist

The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.
Kenzaburo Oe

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.
Viktor E. Frankl

The people I chose to work with me on this album are there because I have a personal relationship with them.
Angie Martinez

The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed.
Meryl Streep

The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.
Jessica Savitch

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

There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls.
Miriam Makeba

There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought.
Mark Goddard

They're hit writers. They're gonna write me a hit whether I wanted it or not you know? I could have put out a single a year ago with the Neptunes and maybe been writing now on top but that was not the path that I chose.
Willa Ford

Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.
Billy Joel

Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute.
Rita Coolidge

We chose the actors thru a series of auditions when we started the show.
Craig McCracken

We chose thirteen because that is the age that Elvis left to go to Memphis.
Henry Dodge