I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
Sidney Poitier

We moved there a year ago, just as a weekend place. Then we decided to move out of London completely. We will eventually have to work it out a bit more, because you can't have a little boy living with his sisters like that, can you? But we like the idea of closeness.
Linda McCartney

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.
Clay Aiken

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.
Clay Aiken

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen.
Carl Sandburg

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.
Carl Sandburg

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
Jesse Ventura

Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies.
Ben Stiller

And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.
Albrecht Durer

My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there.
Brian Eno

I think the game has opened up, and that's why I decided to come back and try to be a part of it.
Mario Lemieux

When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.
Puff Daddy

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt.
Joseph Heller

A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they should see, and need to be protected by people who are wiser than they are, even if they are only a tiny sliver of the population.
Jock Sturges

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them.
Theodor Adorno

We've always been fans of a good mystery; we think all kids are, and there weren't any good mysteries out there these days for kids, so that's why we decided to do them.
Mary-Kate Olsen

I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.
Jim Henson

MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.
David Rockefeller

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought.
David Rockefeller

Regarding the Hall of Fame, when they decided I was going to be one of the possible candidates, when I heard that, I was so thrilled. You're always hoping for something like that.
Gabriela Sabatini