Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes

Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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• I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

  

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• Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.

  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Die
  • Sleep
  • Walking