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I struggled with each of these studies and I was uncertain about what they meant, and often confused, and then I tried to put together what I was seeing.
by Robert Jay Lifton (Psychologist, American , born in 1926) keywords: confused, each, meant, often, put, seeing, struggled, studies, then, these, together, tried , uncertain Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit.
by James Russell Lowell (Poet, American , born in 1819) keywords: blown, candle, easily, finds, flame, light, looks, merit, only, out, reputation, uncertain, wavering, which , world There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
by Niccolo Machiavelli (Writer, Italian , born in 1469) keywords: conduct, difficult, hand, introduction, lead, more, new, nothing, order, perilous, success, take, than, things , uncertain Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.
by Wynton Marsalis (Musician, American , born in 1961) keywords: confidence, down, education, first-class, future, generation, long, marches, road, through , uncertain I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors.
by Ewan McGregor (Actor, Scottish , born in 1971) keywords: actor, actors, any, business, child, cos, fun, great, hard, most, parent, quite, says, sure, terribly, their, them, uncertain , want The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on falsifying it. Thus, the scientific innovator may feel all the more lonely and uncertain.
by Peter D. Mitchell (Scientist, British , born in 1920) keywords: bent, cannot, colleagues, critics, either, feel, final, his, innovator, known, lonely, may, more, new, originator, outcome, scientific, theory, thus , uncertain But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear.
by Gavin Newsom (Politician, American , born in 1967) keywords: does, fear, franciscans, live, living, mean, must, san, times , uncertain The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain violence of a flood!
by Robert Peel (Leader, English , born in 1778) keywords: act, ancient, bill, brings, destroyed, flood, government, opinion, public, rapid, reform, turbulent, uncertain, upon , violence There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation.
by Bridget Riley (Artist, British , born in 1931) keywords: became, belief, could, disappeared, fixed, focused, interpretation, meanings, open, reality, sort, things, time, uncertain , were The transition state of manners and language cannot be too often insisted upon: for this affected the process at both ends, giving the artist in fictitious life an uncertain model to copy and unstable materials to work in.
by George Saintsbury (Writer, English , born in 1845) keywords: affected, artist, both, cannot, copy, ends, fictitious, giving, insisted, language, life, manners, materials, model, often, process, state, too, transition, uncertain, unstable, upon , work Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
by Arthur Schopenhauer (Philosopher, German , born in 1788) keywords: back, chance, demanded, every, happiness, hour, lent, may, next, possession, therefore, time , uncertain We can get more energy out of the north slope of Alaska; we have available the ability to make ourselves less dependent on those uncertain sources of supply from the Middle East. And it's important we do that.
by John W. Snow (Economist, American , born in 1939) keywords: ability, alaska, available, dependent, east, energy, get, important, less, make, middle, more, north, ourselves, out, slope, sources, supply, those , uncertain To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.
by Richard Whately (Writer, English , born in 1787) keywords: another, avoid, corrupted, danger, exchange, follow, imperfect, judgment, order, our, own, traditions , uncertain In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.
by Margaret J. Wheatley (Writer , American) keywords: arise, better, challenges, command, control, crises, engage, everyone, intelligence, means, more, need, solving, these, times, troubled , uncertain Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly; do we exert them at the expense of others - unjustly. And, in thus doing, we step from the sure platform of liberty upon the uncertain threshold of tyranny.
by Frances Wright (Writer, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: doing, exert, expense, injury, justly, liberties, liberty, others, our, own, platform, step, sure, them, threshold, thus, tyranny, uncertain, unjustly, upon , without
