Outcomes Quotes - Page 36

• Oh, diplomacy ... it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to impose its will on a weaker one, while saving its fleets and battalions for weightier opponents.

  David Mitchell

  Strong, War, Mean

  David Mitchell (2012). “Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel”, p.443, Random House Group

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• Creativity asks you to enter realms with uncertain outcomes. People want to create a safe life for themselves so they try to live without fear and they end up killing their creativity in the process.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Creativity, People, Trying

  "Author Elizabeth Gilbert's 'Big Magic' is a creative life". "CBS This Morning" with Norah O'Donnell, Gayle King and John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. September 22, 2015.

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• The experience we all share and the outcomes, which have been remarkable in a way I never could have predicted. Taking unmotivated people - maybe marginally motivated to get on TV and make money - and ending up with a group that values and is changed by the treatment process and wants to share it with other people.

  Drew Pinsky

  People, Groups, Unmotivated

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• I have a little theory about that, too. It's clearly envy. It's bringing people down to your size. It's a narcissistic impulse that didn't used to exist, but we've become increasingly narcissistic as a society, and envy is one of those outcomes.

  Drew Pinsky

  People, Envy, Narcissistic

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• If you waste your time and energy on things that don't matter in the outcome of the game, then when you get to the game you're not going to give your teammates the best that you have to offer.

  Tom Brady

  Games, Giving, Energy

  "Tom Brady on Deflategate, Gisele and Trump". The Associated Press Interview, www.espn.com. October 15, 2015.

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• I've done films about games. What I like with games is that there is this uncertain outcome and the element of chance.

  Jørgen Leth

  Games, Elements, Done

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project's outcome; it is to determine whether a project's targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them.

  Steve McConnell

  Target, Purpose, Realistic

  Steve McConnell (2006). “Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art”, p.54, Microsoft Press

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• Many who are making cellphone images are advocates with a stake in the outcome of what they are depicting. In some ways this makes their work more honest and easier to read - they can also manipulate, although the work of professionals can be quite manipulative as well.

  Fred Ritchin

  Way, Honest, Easier

  "Can Photojournalism Survive in the Instagram Era?". Interview with Jeremy Lybarger, www.motherjones.com. July 18, 2013.

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• It has become a commonplace that aggressiveness also often has its roots in fear. I am inclined to think that this theory has been pushed too far. [...] The type of aggressiveness that is the outcome of timidity is not, I think, that which inspires great leaders; the great leaders, I should say, have an exceptional self-confidence which is not only on the surface, but penetrates deep into the subconscious.

  Bertrand Russell

  Self Confidence, Thinking, Roots

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “Power: A New Social Analysis”, p.32, Routledge

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• When people think of the outcomes of their decisions, they think much more short term than that. They think in terms of gains and losses.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Loss, Thinking, People

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• Be focused on process and not outcome

  Seth Klarman

  Process, Focused

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• In investment management today, everybody wants not only to win, but to have a yearly outcome path that never diverges very much from a standard path except on the upside. Well, that is a very artificial, crazy construct. That's the equivalent in investment management to the custom of binding the feet of Chinese women

  Charlie Munger

  Crazy, Winning, Feet

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• Does the logic connect? What are the range of probably outcomes? You want to figure out what those probabilities are and ideally be the House. It's fine to gamble, as long as you're the House. Also, listen to critical feedback, particularly from friends. Generally they will be thinking it but they won't tell you.

  Elon Musk

  Thinking, Long, House

  "People Who Inspire The World's Most Innovative Billionaire" by Alyson Shontell, www.businessinsider.com. March 10, 2013.

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• I believe in the perfect outcome in every area of my life! Expect to be successful! Expect to win!

  Brian Tracy

  Believe, Successful, Winning

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• On moral grounds, I think that if you believe a certain outcome is a very possible outcome, you have an obligation to tell people that. With global warming, the probability of a bad outcome if we stay on our current emission trends is incredibly high. If you know a bad outcome is likely to happen, what right do you have not to communicate that? You go into a doctor's office, what are they going to do - not tell you the diagnosis?

  Joseph J. Romm

  Believe, Thinking, Doctors

  "Joe Romm on why climate change is a winning political strategy". Interview with Chris Mooney, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2012.

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• I think there's a racial outcome to a lot of what goes in America, but I don't think race is always the reason.

  Rand Paul

  Thinking, Race, America

  "Nine pre-debate questions with Rand Paul". Interview David Weigel, www.washingtonpost.com. October 28, 2015.

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• Any gay person understands at some point that he or she has to disappear, to become invisible. That's very difficult. You somehow have to kill yourself. This is asked of people who haven't got the tools to understand that it's all a social construction, and that they shouldn't inferiorize themselves. This is asked of little kids. But I still live in the same outcome.

  Abdellah Taia

  Kids, Gay, People

  "No one is capable of freeing oneself from society". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. October 7, 2014.

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• The White House is worried about Joe Biden's potential run for president, and a source says they fear that it wouldn't have the right outcome. That's right, they think he might win.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Running, Winning, Thinking

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• People in obedience to the Lord do not worry, do not fret, do not need to know all of the outcomes before they are willing to commit themselves.

  Reinhard Bonnke

  Worry, People, Needs

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• It is a very bad idea for governments to create arbitrary and unfair outcomes, or outcomes resulting from the passions and whims of the government rather than from the law, just because they have the power to do so.

  Paul Singer

  Passion, Government, Law

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• My writing derived from the conviction I conceived during my college years: one should lead one's life as if one were the protagonist of an epic novel, with the outcome predetermined and chapter after chapter of edifying, traumatic, and exhilarating events to be suffered through. Since the end is known in advance, one must try to experience as much as possible in the brief time allotted. Writing is a way of ensuring that you pay enough attention along the way to understand what you see.

  Jeffrey Tayler

  Writing, Epic, College

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• Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist while still achieving milestones and outcomes as required by certain funders and policy-makers.

  Pablo Picasso

  Children, Artist, Problem

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• We can't value only what is easy to measure; measurable outcomes may be the least important results of learning.

  Alfie Kohn

  Important, May, Easy

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• I place a higher value on work ethic than talent, because, in certain areas, you just need to cast, you need to cast actors with talent, you need to hire directors with talent, but I've worked with very talented people who have a poor work ethic, and the outcome is less desirable than people who are less talented and have an incredible work ethic.

  Damon Lindelof

  People, Work Ethic, Directors

  "Damon Lindelof on Struggling With Depression and Why Knowing J.J. Abrams is 'A Bit of a Curse'". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 8, 2015.

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• When your fulfillment and sense of self are no longer dependent on the future outcome, joy flows into whatever you do. You do what you do because the action itself is fulfilling. Whatever you do or create in that state is of high quality. This is because it is not a means to an end, and so a loving care flows into your doing.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Mean, Self, Joy

  Source: www.qiwithoutborders.org

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