When you're young, you get by on charm and good looks, not that I miss being charming or good-looking, but then you… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
Every historian loves the past or should do. If not, he has mistaken his vocation; but it is a short step from… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
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I’m an actor who’s accustomed to bringing a lot of stuff to the table, and you have to be ready because some… — Demian Bichir Copy Share Image
There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I’m almost 9,000 days down. There are no warm-ups,… — Drew Houston Copy Share Image
One of the dangers [that Donald Trump poses, due to the augmented risk of nuclear war] is unquestionable. Of the two existential… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I was a risk-taker as a young man, and I don't regret it. I'm not adventurous in quite the same way now,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Most say entrepreneurship is too big of a risk to pursue. I ask: What exactly is it that you are afraid to… — Tsepiso Makhubedu Copy Share Image
Given its more substantial aim, a judgment is apt only if its constitutive alethic affirmation is not only apt but aptly apt.… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
It's not the way Zane looks, David," she said, her voice trembling with anger. "It's because he makes me bubbly, and because… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
If we spend our days trying to avoid the landmines of stepping out of God's will, then will be afraid to take… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I wasn't doing it to shock anybody or to be rebellious or to get attention making "Heart-Shaped Glasses" with Marilyn Manson. I… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
Independent film making is very collaborative. You feel like it's you, the director and other actors and you really feel like you… — Michael B. Jordan Copy Share Image
“It was not my intention - it never was - to invent a character who should speak for me, the author, in… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the US has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by… — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
“You've never been the safe, nice girl next door, despite everything you do to be that person. That's why you joined the… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysis is a technique we practice at our cost; psychoanalysis degrades our risks, our dangers, our depths; it strips us of our… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
People sometimes say I broke an oath of secrecy - one of the early charges leveled against me. But it's a fundamental… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We've undergone a very heavy level of scrutiny by review boards because of Genesis and because of the Columbia accident. . .… — Donald E. Brownlee Copy Share Image
A leader is someone you are not disappointed in placing trust in. When that person makes suggestions, you are inclined to trust… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Early rejections are really tough, especially when all of your friends who you went to school with now have legitimate jobs, are… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
I know too that we Americans like to think of ourselves as cleaner than clean, a healthy nation who would never take… — Greg LeMond Copy Share Image
At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
What is missing from your life? Know that whatever you are missing, you are - most likely - not giving. Bring to… — Mastin Kipp Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in safety. A great risk in writing is imagining you have something to protect. Playing it safe to placate… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
The most dangerous age is 14. If you know any teenagers, this might not come as a surprise, but research has confirmed… — Susannah Cahalan Copy Share Image
If you have a flat, fixed view of state interest then it is difficult to understand why some states adopt aggressive climate… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Wherever we find news, excitement, mystery and adventure, there, too, we find the newspaper reporter. Always on the alert for something new,… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I've debated many economists who claim to specialize in risk and probability: when one takes them slightly outside their narrow focus, but… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Retribution is tricky. . . . The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
“Taking acceptable risks is a key ingredient for success. If the path was easy, everyone would take it. Ballsy people, if they’re… — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The… — Edward Whitacre, Jr Copy Share Image
Being an artist is not exactly the most universally respected, or secure thing to do with your life. It can be frightening… — Joan Osborne Copy Share Image
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The worst aspect of dating from the perspective of many men is how dating can feel to a man like robbery by… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
I think investment psychology is by far the more important element, followed by risk control, with the least important consideration being the… — Tom Basso Copy Share Image
When a secretary of state illegally stores her emails on a private server, deletes 33,000 of them so the authorities can't see… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image