A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.

一个人在找不到委员会成员的时候就会做出决定。

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

一个好的决定是基于知识而不是数字。

And I do think that earlier in my career, I did make a very conscious decision to make sure that I was doing work that wasn't necessarily given to me, and that people didn't necessarily think that I would be able to do.

我确实认为，在我职业生涯的早期，我确实做了一个非常有意识的决定，确保我所做的工作不一定是别人给我的，也不一定是别人认为我能做的。

Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God.

我所做的任何决定都是基于我自己，而我唯一需要解释的人就是上帝。

Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can shift, depending on who is asking the questions.

任何同意接受采访的人都必须决定在什么地方划定公开和私人之间的界线。但这条线可能会改变，取决于谁在问问题。

As a rule it usually takes three or four readings for me to be interested in a script, and if I'm interested I'll read it three or four times before I make a strong decision.

一般来说，我对剧本感兴趣通常需要三到四次阅读，如果我感兴趣，我会在做出决定之前读三到四遍。

But definitely, when a decision is taken, or when you are trying to oppose a decision, you are in a weaker position than the member states, because they know more about the situation than you. We gave information, but they never gave us any information.

但毫无疑问，当做出决定时，或者当你试图反对某个决定时，你的处境比成员国更弱，因为它们比你更了解形势。我们提供了信息，但他们从来没有给过我们任何信息。

Decision-making, in certain situations, is always controversial.  The only way one can avoid this is to take NO decisions  and leave the problem as it is.  Seniors who do not solve a problem become a part of the problem themselves.

在某些情况下，决策总是有争议的。避免这种情况的唯一方法是不做任何决定，让问题顺其自然。没有解决问题的老年人也会成为问题的一部分。

Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.

宣布独立是我所做过的最痛苦的决定。因为我不想这么做。

Every decision that they take has enormous consequences, and ripple out from the White House.

他们所做的每一个决定都会产生巨大的影响，并波及白宫。

Every decision that you make you have to be incredible congruent. It doesn't mean that you have to starve. If you need money, you do something that gives you money, that's normal.

你所做的每一个决定都必须非常一致。这并不意味着你必须挨饿。如果你需要钱，你会做一些能给你钱的事情，这很正常。

Every time a champion makes a decision they have a chance to learn something new, regardless of the outcome.

每次冠军做出决定，他们都有机会学习新的东西，而不管结果如何。

Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.

疲惫和愤怒往往是立法决定的女仆。

First I wanted to be a veterinarian. And then I realized you had to give them shots to put them to sleep, so I decided I'd just buy a bunch of animals and have them in my house instead.

首先我想成为一名兽医。然后我意识到你必须给他们打针才能让他们入睡，所以我决定买一堆动物，把它们放在我的房子里。

For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.

对我来说，退休并不难，一旦我知道这是我要做的决定。