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Bottom line is I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25 my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

Then I decided to draw from and on my own imagination and everything came out perfect.

The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South.

I always wanted to ride a dragon myself so I decided to do this for a year in my imagination.

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff I decided to discuss the events of the previous week the pain all of us were feeling and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home - if you were a woman you were writing about being a woman - and I decided not to do that write about what you know. That's not what I do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.

My wife and I had decided not to let anybody take pictures of our home because it was just the last place on earth we had that was unscathed. But people have climbed over the fence they've taken aerial shots. They've gotten my address and put it on the Internet.

I had a lot of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows.

Unlike any other leader in modern American history we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against each other.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

When I was on Broadway I got really sick with walking pneumonia. I decided not to take my health for granted anymore and make it a priority. The great thing is the pounds just started to fall off.

So I decided to move that scene in the doctor's office to two-thirds into the movie after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

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

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial that would not really cost the government a lot of money.

Communism has decided against God against Christ against the Bible and against all religion.

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

Also it is interesting that developing countries with China and India perhaps in the lead where the future of the global environment will be decided are now on board with the case for sustainable development.

A ring means a commitment. But more than that it means that you've talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it.

During the Great Depression when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.

I had everything I'd hoped for but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn't like me for being... me.

As told in Friendship with God if we simply decided to believe and act as if first we're all one and second life is eternal it would render virtually everything we've done all our lives pointless.

A growing number of young women who have the freedom to decide have decided that career can wait and the delicious early years of their children's lives can't.

I worked for the Office of Management and Budget in the White House on nuclear energy policy. But I decided it would be much more fun to have a specialty food store so I left Washington D.C. and moved to the Hamptons. And how glad I am that I did!