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“I think Nature, if she interests herself much about her children, must often feel that, like the miserable Frankenstein, with her experimenting among the elements of humanity, she has brought beings into existence who have no business here; who can do none of her work, and endure none of her favours; whose life is only suffering; and whose action is one long protest against the ill foresight which flung them into consciousness.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Children Long Action Life Is Suffering Humanity Interest Can Do Existence Consciousness Elements Endure Ill Miserable Protest Favour Foresight

Book:The Nemesis of Faith

Source: The Nemesis of Faith

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest steppingstones to success. No other element can do so much for a man if he is willing to study them and make capital out of them. Look backward. Can't you see where your failures have helped you?”

Ifs Men Looks Two Can Do Study Willing Elements Discouragement

Author:Dale Carnegie

“There are only a few things investors can do to counteract risk: diversify adequately, hedge when appropriate, and invest with a margin of safety. It is a precisely because we do not and cannot know all the risks of an investment that we strive to invest at a discount. The bargain element helps to provide a cushion for when things go wrong.”

Knows Helping Can Do Risk Elements Safety Investment Strive Investing Appropriate Investors Margins Bargains Discounts Cushions When Things Go Wrong

Author:Seth Klarman

“I was in Afghanistan and then obviously in Iraq. And I realized that you can't control life. You can do a lot to prepare. You can train, and at the end of the day there's an element that's always going to be beyond your control.”

Ends Can Do Elements Train Iraq I Realized The End Of The Day Afghanistan And At The End Of The Day

Author:Nathaniel Fick

“You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available. Even then, it's not [really] in your control. Certainly not in film and TV, because there are so many other elements. You just have to take control of your own performance.”

Knows Trying Jobs Film Actors Can Do Tvs Elements Performances Scripts Available Best Things Take Control

Author:Damian Lewis

“It really showed that you can do a major motion picture, from the folks at Marvel, that has multiple characters on an epic scale. On top of that, it also showed us that one of the most important elements is a certain kind of levity.”

Kind Important Character Certain Can Do Elements Majors Folks Scales Multiple Epic Motion Pictures Levity

Author:Jeph Loeb

“Unfortunately, Florida is a mecca for the shyster element, and there are apparently no rules on the kinds of advertising a lawyer can do.”

Kind Can Do Elements Lawyer Advertising Florida Mecca

Author:Carl Hiaasen

“Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.”

Can Do Elements Sensuality Sensual Heavenly Deceiving Hype Heavenly Love

Book:Wedding preparations in the country: and other posthumous prose writings. With notes by Max Brod

Source: Wedding preparations in the country: and other posthumous prose writings. With notes by Max Brod