--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I think you have to sort of accept that…" description: "\"I think you have to sort of accept that nobody really knows where it's going so there has to be a lot of impulsive kind of attitudes. So it's like a tr..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/lars-ulrich-16611_accepting_i-think-you-have-to-sort-of-accept-that_72911.png" --- # I think you have to sort of accept that nobody really… ![“I think you have to sort of accept that nobody really knows where it's going so there has to be a lot of impulsive kind of attitudes. So it's like a train that's moving and you don't quite know where it's going but you try to steer it in the best way you can realizing that it may go in different…” quote by Lars Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/lars-ulrich-16611_accepting_i-think-you-have-to-sort-of-accept-that_72911.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/lars-ulrich-16611_accepting_i-think-you-have-to-sort-of-accept-that_72911.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/lars-ulrich-16611_accepting_i-think-you-have-to-sort-of-accept-that_72911.png) > “I think you have to sort of accept that nobody really knows where it's going so there has to be a lot of impulsive kind of attitudes. So it's like a train that's moving and you don't quite know where it's going but you try to steer it in the best way you can realizing that it may go in different places that you had no idea.” [Lars Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-ulrich/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Embraces uncertainty and the need for adaptive, proactive decision‑making despite unknown outcomes. **In simple terms:** Navigating uncertainty with flexible action. Key Takeaway Accept unknowns, act decisively. 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In TV, it's all about the schedule. The train is moving and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-gordon/in-film-you-get-to-take-your-time-and-make-it-right-in-tv-it-s-all/) [Seth Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-gordon/) > [Ill jump in front of a train for you, as long as the train is not moving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babloo/ill-jump-in-front-of-a-train-for-you-as-long-as-the-train-is-not/) [Babloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babloo/) > [“the train is moving, so either jump in or jump out but i dare you to stand in front of it !!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hisham-fawzi/the-train-is-moving-so-either-jump-in-or-jump-out-but-i-dare-you-to/) [Hisham Fawzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hisham-fawzi/) > [Be like a train, it gets to its destination on time by staying on the track.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikrant-parsai/be-like-a-train-it-gets-to-its-destination-on-time-by-staying-on-the/) [Vikrant Parsai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikrant-parsai/) > [Why do you think of everything at night...It hits you like a train...Then it's all down hill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-do-you-think-of-everything-at-night-it-hits-you-like-a-train-then/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [For people who mourn for old Times Square - hey, there's a ton of places in the city still like that! 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It starts out with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-naan/i-do-think-that-some-of-my-songs-like-take-a-minute-are-like-the/) [K'naan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-naan/) > [“I may even swagger a little, and, as I read in a book somewhere, 'push myself forward like a train.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/i-may-even-swagger-a-little-and-as-i-read-in-a-book-somewhere-push/) [Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/) > [The role has to excite me as an actor. It is like a train journey: you know where you have to reach, and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nana-patekar/the-role-has-to-excite-me-as-an-actor-it-is-like-a-train-journey-you/) [Nana Patekar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nana-patekar/) > [More and more I like to take a train. 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I'm not sure that when it ends in five, ten years, I'm going to put an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-ulrich/metallica-s-the-only-band-i-ve-ever-been-in-i-m-not-sure-that-when-it/) [Lars Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-ulrich/) > [Metallica mythos...distilled the essences of the comic books and horror movies and the fantastic literature of metal itself...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-ulrich/metallica-mythos-distilled-the-essences-of-the-comic-books-and-horror/) [Lars Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-ulrich/) > [Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-ulrich/our-music-comes-from-our-hearts-and-it-always-has/) [Lars Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-ulrich/) > [I would say that I'm very proud that Metallica plays heavy music - but equally proud that we don't think like a heavy-metal band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-ulrich/i-would-say-that-i-m-very-proud-that-metallica-plays-heavy-music-but/) [Lars Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-ulrich/) > [This isn't about fans, greed or money. 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I wanted to have it at least 80 to 90 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-ulrich/back-then-i-was-really-into-composing-the-entire-solo-beginning-to/) [Lars Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-ulrich/) > [We formed this band when we were 18-19, we couldn't play... We were just like 'Let's get together and play some cover songs, drink…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-ulrich/we-formed-this-band-when-we-were-18-19-we-couldn-t-play-we-were-just/) [Lars Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-ulrich/) > [What Metallica always tries to do, as we go around and play a lot of the same cities, over and over again, year after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lars-ulrich/what-metallica-always-tries-to-do-as-we-go-around-and-play-a-lot-of/) [Lars Ulrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lars-ulrich/) > [Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. 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