Quotes About Choice

Reading is a free practice. I think the readers are free to begin by the books where they want to. They don't have to be led in their reading.

If we declare ourselves, as readers, to be on the side of life, the question has to be asked what sort of life we are on the side of.

I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library.

I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library. I was around nine years old when I began choosing my own books in earnest.

Though I'm getting a lot of acting offers, I'd like to enter only when I'm ready. My first love will always be music.

A woman who is not ready to have a baby making it work is not a happy ending to me. It's a personal nightmare.

I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.

For the record, our democracy is revered around the world. And free elections are the best way on Earth to choose our leaders. This is how we elected John F. Kennedy; Ronald Reagan; two George Bushes; Bill Clinton; and Barack Obama. It has worked for decades.

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.

Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

If I do not have the option of Barca and I have to go to Real Madrid, I do not close any doors.

When Real Madrid call you, you have to listen to them.

When Real Madrid want you, it is difficult to say 'No' but, when I got there, I knew I could not stay longer.

I decided to join Bolton because I didn't get lots of minutes at Real Madrid.

Barcelona or Real Madrid, I think I would say yes to playing for these teams.

The Internet has the capacity to extend to us genuine choice, and that is not without risk. Real power does entail real responsibility.

For me, luxury isn't just the real thing. It's also fake. Swarovski crystals or real diamonds? It's a game.

As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I make sure people know it's out there, they can make up their own minds whether they want to read it.

There's only a couple of coffee cups I'll use, because I like the way they feel in my hand. I realise I've got lots of others, but I won't use them because I just don't like... the thickness of the ceramic is too much, or the glaze isn't right.

If we are gong to be an outstanding team, we need players who are going to step up in the big moments and realise, every time they play for England, they have the chance to be involved in an iconic moment, a historic performance, and that they have that choice every time they go on the field.

When I look back at the Nineties, I realise there wasn't very much TV I wanted to do.

If I want to stay at home watching movies, I do that. If I want to take my bike out and go on a one-month holiday, I do that. To do all these things, it's first of all important for me to realise that I need to live my life.

Some women can go 12 cycles of IVF and not have a problem. They love babies. They want to have a baby - it's all encompassing. I did it just three times and then I was out. I realised that I didn't want a child.