I was an artist, I was executive producer on my first album, so I’ve always had to manage both. I couldn’t get a record deal. It wasn’t by choice – I couldn’t get a record deal, so I had to figure it out. – Jay-Z
I don’t envisage I will be captain again, but for two England managers, Steve McClaren and Fabio Capello, I was their first choice and I’m proud of that. – John Terry
Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice. – Jesse Ventura
I’d rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I’m not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it. – Alicia Keys
Given a choice between being happy or being efficient and safe, I’ll take efficient and safe. – Bob Buckhorn
If the choice is between doing something supercool and having no one hear it and doing something equally cool and tricking people into putting it on the radio, I don’t think the second option is some big sellout. – Julian Casablancas
I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I’m choosing my homeland. It’s funny: when you get older these things creep up to you. – Alan Cumming
With ‘Suffragette,’ I felt that a female writer would be good, and considering the subject matter, who would be better to write the script than Abi Morgan? She was the first choice, and she happens to be a woman. – Alison Owen
I love a well-plotted story. But I’m just not that kind of writer, and it’s not necessarily by choice. When I manipulate plot, I feel I lose authenticity. – Alice McDermott
What farmers gain most of all from the increase in agricultural productivity, of course, is choice. – Jacqueline Novogratz
I always thought about working in England because of the kind of football, the intensity of football. Liverpool was first choice. – Jurgen Klopp
Often in films, you have no idea where you’re going to be six months from now. And I grew very weary of that. And television, although it wasn’t necessarily as creatively diverse as filmmaking can be, it was the lifestyle choice that I needed to make. – Alec Baldwin
I don’t think that has to be our choice… This party was born in principle. This party will die if it doesn’t stand by its decision of principle. – Alan Keyes
A man should be well groomed. If you’re going to have facial hair, it should be a choice, not an accident. – Aja Naomi King
Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. – Alfred A. Montapert
When the FDA forces an old drug off the market, patients have very little say in the matter. Patients have even less of a say when the FDA chooses not to approve a new drug. Instead, we are supposed to rely on the FDA’s judgment and be grateful. But can the FDA really make a choice that is appropriate for everyone? Of course not. – Alex Tabarrok
I was forced to come into politics because Saakashvili had destroyed the opposition. I had a choice either to leave the country, because it was dangerous to live here, or to go into politics. – Bidzina Ivanishvili
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression. – Amy Tan
People really had a problem with my disinterest in submission. They had a problem with my intellect, and they had a problem with my choice of lovers. They had a problem with my choice of everything. – Alice Walker
The change we seek for our nation is not the choice of an individual but must be the calling of a country. – Cory Booker
God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness. – Aldous Huxley
