Klemens von Metternich Quotes
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
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I don't plan on being bashful.
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I had no intention of becoming a performer, and yet under miraculous circumstances I was brought into the music industry fold. If divine powers hadn't intervened, I'd still be living in China working in some area of Sino-American comparative law.
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Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
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I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
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I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.
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If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.
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A comprehensive marketing plan involves both online and offline efforts to use and broaden your existing platform to promote your book.
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I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the opportunity to plan their own deaths, and also plan for those who are left behind. What does that do to the grieving process?
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Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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When you're struggling to get a feature film off the ground, there's no big overarching tenure plan or anything like that.
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Trying to design the perfect plan is the perfect recipe for disappointment.
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I don't want to go about offending people; that's not my plan.
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On a film set, for me, there's so much more time to process what's going on than there is on a television set. There's more wiggle room to try things and fail and try again and get to the heart of what's going on in the scene, which is really fun for me. It's what I like to do.
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So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than others.
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Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers.
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I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.
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The U.S. always needs an enemy. It comes and goes. Today it is Islam. According to this plan or ideology of the born-again Christians who formed an alliance with Zionism, Islam is the monster.
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They are inherently good - the bad reactions aren't basic. Every human being is a child of God and has more good in him than evil - but circumstances and associates can step up the bad and reduce the good. I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being.
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There is no question of us going to war in Iran. Why? Because it's not going to resolve the issue.
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If someone wants to open this Pandora's box and deal with it, all right, go for it then.
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The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.
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Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
