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Choice
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Forge Your Own Path.
Choice is the fundamental human power to select a path, belief, or action from a range of possibilities, shaping our individual destiny. It's meaningful because it grants us autonomy, responsibility, and the ability to define our values and create meaning in our lives, allowing us to evolve and express our unique selves within the world.
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# Choice & Pro-choice activists
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Playboy Interview (1992):
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
“Playboy: What was it?”
— Betty Friedan
1921 births
2006 deaths
Authors from the United States
Jews from the United States
Context: • Episode 607 (May 31, 2009) from The Atheist Experience Episode 607
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
“No no no no no! No! You're done!”
— Matt Dillahunty
1969 births
Atheists from the United States
Atheism activists
Activists from the United StatesContext: • Episode 753 (March 18, 2012)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
“Existence is a temporal condition.”
— Matt Dillahunty
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Playboy Interview (1992):
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
“Friedan: There was a masculine mystique, too.”
— Betty Friedan
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Playboy Interview (1992):
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
“Playboy: What's behind the current's men's movement?”
— Betty Friedan
# Choice & Living people
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Context: • "Scouting for the Reaper," Virginia Quarterly Review (Summer 2009)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Jacob M. Appel" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Jacob M. Appel" (Quotes)
“Nothing sells tombstones like a Girl Scout in uniform.”
— Jacob M. Appel
Playwrights from the United States
Short story writers from the United States
1973 births
Living peopleContext: • Episode 803 (March 3, 2013)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
“I don't think it's an accurate definition of morality.”
— Matt Dillahunty
Context: • Episode 20.26: "Religions Evolve", Atheist Community of Austin (July 3, 2016)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
“Is there anything that one couldn't believe based on faith?”
— Matt Dillahunty
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Context: • p. 94
• Source: Wikiquote: "Judith Levine" (Quotes, Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex (2002))
• Source: Wikiquote: "Judith Levine" (Quotes, Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex (2002))
“Abstinence-only education is not practical. It is ideological.”
— Judith Levine
Essayists from the United States
Journalists from the United States
Non-fiction authors from the United States
Women authorsJ
“The boss is never your friend, even if you're sleeping with him.”
— Jacob M. Appel
# Choice & Women activists
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s, The Sarah Silverman Program (2007-2010))
“[holds up an egg] This is AIDS. AIDS is as real as an egg.”
— Sarah Silverman
1970 births
Actresses from the United States
Stand-up comedians from the United StatesContext: • To Courtney Love on her Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson (14 August 2005)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s)
“I'm so glad Courtney Love is here; I left my crack in my other purse.”
— Sarah Silverman
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s, Jesus Is Magic (2005))
“I don't care if you think I'm racist. I just want you to think I'm thin.”
— Sarah Silverman
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s, Jesus Is Magic (2005))
“I want to get an abortion. But my boyfriend and I are having trouble conceiving.”
— Sarah Silverman
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s, Jesus Is Magic (2005))
“When God gives you AIDS – and God does give you AIDS – make lemon-AIDS!”
— Sarah Silverman
# Choice & Jews from the United States
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Playboy Interview (1992):
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
“"Do you object to the celebration of sexuality in our pictorials?”
— Betty Friedan
Context: • Ch. 14 "A New Life Plan for Women".
• Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Feminine Mystique (1963):
W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 edition )
• Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Feminine Mystique (1963):
W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 edition )
“It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.”
— Betty Friedan
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Context: • Going Too Far: The Personal Chronicle of a Feminist (1977). New York: Random House. . (1978 ed, .), p 70. (possibly also published as Going Too Far: The Personal Documents of a Feminist) ("there is no 'too far,'" id., p. 8, "Introduction: Rights of Passage")
• Source: Wikiquote: "Robin Morgan" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Robin Morgan" (Quotes)
“Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human.”
— Robin Morgtan
Novelists from the United States
Poets from the United States
Educators from the United StatesContext: • Ch 13 "The Forfeited Self".
• Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Feminine Mystique (1963):
W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 edition )
• Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Feminine Mystique (1963):
W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 edition )
“The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.”
— Betty Friedan
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s, Jesus Is Magic (2005))
“I saw my father's penis once. But it was okay, because I was so young … and so drunk.”
— Sarah Silverman
# Choice & Women authors
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Ford" (Quotes, Speech at Great Cleveland International Women's Year Conference (excerpts) (25 October 1975): Source:"First Lady Betty Ford's Speech to the Great Cleveland International Women's Year Conference" (25 October 1975))
“We have come a long way, but we have a long way to go, and part of that distance is in our very own mind.”
— Betty Ford
United States First ladies
Women's rights activists
Women activistsContext: • This statement was widely circulated on social media as a way of criticizing Democrats and their political values."After comedian Sarah Silverman appeared at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, a number of images began circulating quoting the comic as having previously made offensive comments about 'the Jews … kill[ing] Jesus'. The images emerged as a general political critique of Democrats, their values, and their surrogates, largely without any context about what they were referencing." Kim LaCapria: "Sarah Silverman: Killing Jesus". Snopes.com, 1 August 2016.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s, Jesus Is Magic (2005))
• Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s, Jesus Is Magic (2005))
“I don't care. Good! I hope the Jews did kill Christ. I'd do it again! I'd fucking do it again in a second.”
— Sarah Silverman
Context: • 6 July 2009 tweet on Twitter (archived)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s)
“Hey, is it considered molestation if the child makes the first move? I'm gonna need a quick answer on this.”
— Sarah Silverman
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Sarah Silverman" (Quotes, 2000s, Jesus Is Magic (2005))
“I've sued my manager for sexual harassment. And it's real hard, and a big strain on me. Because he hasn't done anything.”
— Sarah Silverman
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Context: • Clementine Ford reveals her two no guilt, no shame abortions, October 15, 2009, at news.com.au
• Source: Wikiquote: "Clementine Ford (writer)" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Clementine Ford (writer)" (Quotes)
“I am very much pro-life. I'm pro the life of women who have lived for years as opposed to cells that have lived for weeks.”
— Clementine Ford
1981 births
Authors from Australia
FeministsMore Quotes
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Playboy Interview (1992):
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
“Playboy: What was it?”
— Betty Friedan
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Context: • Between the victim and the stone knife.
• Erasmus, letter to Pirkheimer. Plautus, Captivi, 3. 4. 84. Also said by Appuleius.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
• Erasmus, letter to Pirkheimer. Plautus, Captivi, 3. 4. 84. Also said by Appuleius.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
“Inter sacrum et sazim.”
— Unknown
Themes
Philosophy
Belief
PsychologyContext: • Episode 607 (May 31, 2009) from The Atheist Experience Episode 607
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
“No no no no no! No! You're done!”
— Matt Dillahunty
Context: • Episode 753 (March 18, 2012)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Matt Dillahunty" (Quotes, The Atheist Experience)
“Existence is a temporal condition.”
— Matt Dillahunty
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Context: • Erasmus, Adagia, Chapter III. Cent, IV. 94. Quoted from the Greek. Proverb in Hazlitt, English Proverbs. Clarke, Parœmiologia (1639). Said by Col. Monroe, Expedition and Observations, Part III, p. 55. (Ed. 1637).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
“Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.”
— Unknown
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Context: • George Moore, Bending of the Bough, Act IV.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
“The difficulty in life is the choice.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1593-94), Act I, scene 1, line 138.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
“There's small choice in rotten apples.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Submit or resign.
• Gambetta.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
• Gambetta.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
“Se soumettre ou se démettre.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, Book II, line 470.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
“Of harmes two the less is for to chose.”
— Unknown
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Context: • William Shakespeare, Othello (c. 1603), Act I, scene 1, line 36.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
“Preferment goes by letter and affection.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Matthew, XXII. 14.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
“For many are called, but few are chosen.”
— Unknown
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Playboy Interview (1992):
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
“Friedan: There was a masculine mystique, too.”
— Betty Friedan
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Context: • John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book II, line 47.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
“Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.”
— Unknown
U
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Freedom and slavery" (Italian proverbs:)
“All freemen are rich, and all slaves are poor.”
— Unknown
Dichotomies
ChoiceU
Context: • Robert Lowth, The Choice of Hercules, 1.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
“Where passion leads or prudence points the way.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010) Robustness and Fragility, p. 71.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
“When conflicted between two choices, take neither.”
— Unknown
Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Betty Friedan" (Quotes, The Playboy Interview (1992):
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
Interview of Friedan by David Sheff Playboy September 1992, pp. 51-54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 149; reprinted in full in Interviews with Betty Friedan, Janann Sherman, ed. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2002, .)
“Playboy: What's behind the current's men's movement?”
— Betty Friedan
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Context: • Alfred Tennyson, Locksley Hall (1835, published 1842), Stanza 92.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)
“Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Between two stools one sits on the ground.
• François Rabelais, Gargantua, Book I, Chapter II. Entre deux arcouns chet cul a terre. In Les Proverbes del Vilain. Manuscript, Bodleian. (About 1303).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
• François Rabelais, Gargantua, Book I, Chapter II. Entre deux arcouns chet cul a terre. In Les Proverbes del Vilain. Manuscript, Bodleian. (About 1303).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)
“S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul a terre.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Freedom and slavery" (Italian proverbs:)
“Better broad beans in freedom than capons in slavery.”
— Unknown
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