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“People fear change, Change is not knowing what’s going to happen. People sometimes mistake change as a negative. I look at change as exciting, look at it as an opportunity to make your life better. Fear builds mountains, Faith removes them. It’s time for you to conquer new horizons. Today is going to be a GREAT day for a change!”

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Author:Marc Mero

“My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail.”

May Knowing Greater Failing Divine Return Succeed My Friends Tasks Not Knowing Assistance

Book:The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln

“I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.”

Inspirational Littles Past Time Change Born Education Knowing Math Statistics Not Knowing Social Change Here And There Little Time Change Management Certain Knowledge

Author:Richard P. Feynman

“You come to the United States not knowing what to expect. Then all your worst prejudices are confirmed.”

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Book:Daniel Martin

Source: Daniel Martin

“I remember, as a child, the confusion of not knowing what this place was where I was supposed to spend the night: it's a disquieting experience for a child. And what I would do was quickly unpack my books and go back to a book I knew well and make sure the same text and the same illustrations were there.”

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Author:Alberto Manguel

“As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.”

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Author:Ian Fleming

“You don't want to be starting a film not knowing what you want to do.”

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Author:Russell Crowe

“Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not knowing. And we are pretty much always making assumptions.”

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Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz

“I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.”

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Author:Jack Dee

“I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.”

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Author:Nathan Fillion

“Human beings of all societies in all periods of history believe that their ideas on the nature of the real world are the most secure, and that their ideas on religion, ethics and justice are the most enlightened. Like us, they think that final knowledge is at last within reach. Like us, they pity the people in earlier ages for not knowing the true facts. Unfailingly, human beings pity their ancestors for being so ignorant and forget that their descendants will pity them for the same reason.”

“Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.”

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Author:Xunzi

“Man, coaching is a hard job, and it requires a lot of time... I hear stories from coaches who tell me that players call them in the middle of the night not knowing where they parked their car.”

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Author:Joe Montana

“In real life we don't know what's going to happen next. So how can you be that way on a stage? Being alive to the possibility of not knowing exactly how everything is going to happen next - if you can find places to have that happen onstage, it can resonate with an experience of living.”

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Author:Sam Shepard

“It's thrilling to be onstage and to not know, literally, what the next moment is going to bring. To just submit to the not-knowing-ness of it.”

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Author:Norbert Leo Butz

“I quite like the element of surprise, and as much as I have my ideas, I always appreciate ideas that come from other people as well, and I love the mystery of not knowing.”

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Author:Sam Claflin

“I love the characters not knowing everything and the reader knowing more than them. There's more mischief in that and more room for seriousness, too.”

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Author:Anne Enright

“Whatever hardships there have been in my life I still live in a very privileged position. Fear is not knowing where your next meal is coming from. Fear is seeing a child get hurt. Fear is watching someone you love waste away. Fear is knowing you are going to die yourself. But there's no fear in what I do. I write books.”

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Author:James Frey

“I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.”

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Author:Evelyn Glennie

“We probably in hell already, our dumb asses not knowing.”

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Author:Tupac Shakur

“The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing, it's impossible. Marketing meaning that in order to get people to come you can't just go, 'Hey, there's a great movie - we're not going to show you anything from it but trust us!”

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Author:Paul Feig

“The whole thing of doing a TV series, I find it very daunting not knowing where the story's going.”

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Author:Danny Huston

“I love not knowing what's going to happen next. With work, you never know. You rehearse and strive and get it right sometimes, and still you never know. Some people are like that with their marriages. They work and strive and labour and toil at them. God, what a bore! What an unromantic bore!”

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Author:Celia Imrie

“One of the worst things about being an actor, besides people being nice to you and getting free stuff all the time - but really, one of the worst things is not knowing what's coming next. You could shoot a pilot, and they could have you on hold for six months waiting to find out what is going to happen with the show, and you're locked into it.”

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Author:Nick Kroll