I decided that nothing should be done hastily, that things had to be sorted out carefully.

我决定不草率的采取任何行动，先得认真地理清头绪。

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I decided that I was going to take early retirement.

我决定了我将提早退休。

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"Obama as a presidential candidate was big news in Africa,and I decided that since we have a commitment in this library to collecting all kinds of information materials produced in Africa, we should immediately begin to collect materials about Obama, about how Africans responded to the Obama candidacy."

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It was then in a matter of moments, that I decided that I had to find out why and become happier.

也就是在那时，我决定要找出原因，变得快乐。

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and I think that was really the turning point for me and my life when I decided that

我想当我决定要把我的余生奉献给戏剧的时候，

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Last Tuesday, though, I decided that sometimes discretion is the better part of valor.

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And so I decided that was the character I wanted to portray more than the suffering woman.

NPR: Patti Austin, Singing Gershwin's Praises

Before I wrote a word of this story I decided that I absolutely needed a cup of tea.

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