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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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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I feel that, as an actor, you're constantly working to become better, which I love, but with painting, I can fail on my own terms. There's a freedom in that, so that's why I love to paint.
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A "take" is an opportunity to fail ... and we think that we have to get it right all the time.
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Men make history, but they can never know the history they are making.
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Hopefully my fan base doesn't lock me into 'Twilight,' you lose yourself. You should do things for you, and I have been really lucky to have things that really rock me and really move me falling into my lap.
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But let us remember that we are dealing with infinities and indivisibles both of which transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness.
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It's hard to be in a bad mood when you're walking around looking like you're about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.
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Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
