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I found myself declaiming, full flower, for an hour on the "utmost importance and urgency" of Blogging, telling him in no uncertain terms that, especially in a high-end niche business, Blogging is "the premier way" to have "intimate conversations" with his Clients. Funny thing, I believe it!

Tom Peters

Funny, Believe, Flower

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There's a tap on the door then. We all exchange looks, Tommy Falk's as uncertain as the rest of ours. No one moves, so I finally wipe my hands off on my pants, go to the door, and open it a crack. Sean stands on the other side, one hand in his trouser pocket, the other holding a loaf of bread. I wasn't prepared for it to be Sean, so my stomach does a neat little trick that feels like either hunger or escaping.

Maggie Stiefvater

Moving, Escaping, Doors

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When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times.

Frank Iero

Dad, Real, Rocks

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The rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame, preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain.

Bob Dylan

Reality, Sick, Lame

Song: Jokerman, Album: Infidels, 1983

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Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.

Jim Valvano

Life Changing, Moments, This Day

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Men love you more if they can be made a little uncertain about owning you.

Marilyn Monroe

Love You, Men, Littles

Marilyn Monroe, Ben Hecht (2006). “My Story”, p.104, Rowman & Littlefield

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It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.

Hans Kung

Intriguing, Certain

Hans Kung (2006). “Does God Exist?: An Answer for Today”, p.56, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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It is not certain that everything is uncertain.

Blaise Pascal

Math, Intelligence, Certainty

Blaise Pascal (1850). “The Thoughts on religion, and evidences of Christianity, of Pascal; tr., with intr., notes, etc., by G. Pearce”, p.99

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False taste is always busy to mislead those that are entering upon the regions of learning; and the traveller, uncertain of his way, and forsaken by the sun, will be pleased to see a fainter orb arise on the horizon, that may rescue him from total darkness, though with weak and borrowed lustre.

Samuel Johnson

Ignorance, Darkness, Horizon

Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.148

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Death is a vast mystery, but there are two things we can say about it: It is absolutely certain that we will die, and it is uncertain when or how we will die. The only surety we have, then, is this uncertainty about the hour of our death, which we seize on as the excuse to postpone facing death directly. We are like children who cover their eyes in a game of hide and seek and think that no one can see them.

Sogyal Rinpoche

Death, Children, Eye

Sogyal Rinpoche (2009). “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition”, p.25, Harper Collins

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Nothing is so fickle and uncertain as popularity. It is here today and gone tomorrow. It is a sandy foundation, and sure to fail those who build upon it.

J. C. Ryle

Inspirational Life, Gone, Fickle

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Free man is by necessity insecure, thinking man by necessity uncertain.

Erich Fromm

Insecure, Men, Thinking

Erich Fromm (2013). “Sane Society Ils 252”, p.196, Routledge

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Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family. We are working to find the cures that will give these youngsters a fighting chance. When a child or parent faces an uncertain disease like cancer, they can find hope at St. Jude - a place where miracles can and do happen.

Marlo Thomas

Laughter, Children, Cancer

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Auto repair, piloting, skiing, perhaps even management: these are skills that yield to application, hard work, and native talent. But forecasting an uncertain future and deciding the best course of action in the face of that future are much less likely to do so. And much of what we've seen so far suggests that a large group of diverse individuals will come up with better and more robust forecasts and make more intelligent decisions than even the most skilled "decision maker."

James Surowiecki

Hard Work, Intelligent, Skills

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I am profoundly uncertain how to write. I know what I love and what I like, because it's a direct passionate response. But when I write, I'm very uncertain whether it's good enough. That is, of course, the writer's agony.

Susan Sontag

Writing, Agony, Passionate

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Real life this fdar had taught me that in the adult world, fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary. But in the world of D&D, at least there was a rule book... By role-playing, we were in control, and our characters... wandered through places of danger, their destinies, ostensibly, within our grasp.

Ethan Gilsdorf

Real, Book, Character

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O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Walter Scott

Pain, Angel, Light

Marmion canto 6, st. 30 (1808) See Shakespeare 228

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When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as to identity, then understanding is called for. The gentle and sensitive companionship of an empathic stance… provides illumination and healing. In such situations deep understanding is, I believe, the most precious gift one can give to another.

Carl Rogers

Hurt, Confused, Believe

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The planetary phase of history has begun, but the future shape of global society remains profoundly uncertain. Though perhaps improbable, a shift toward a planetary civilization of enriched lives, human solidarity, and environmental sustainability is still possible.

Paul Raskin

Civilization, Humanity, Environmental

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It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.

Charles Sanders Peirce

Easy, Certain, Vague

Charles Sanders Peirce (1931). “Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce”

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Tell them, that, to ease them of their griefs, Their fear of hostile strokes, their aches, losses, Their pangs of love, with other incident throes That nature's fragile vessel doth sustain In life's uncertain voyage, I will some kindness do them.

William Shakespeare

Kindness, Grief, Loss

'Timon Of Athens' act 5, sc. 1, l. [203]

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The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God's word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for by himself he cannot help himself without belying the truth.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christian, Needs, Helping

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.12, SCM Press

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Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Inspirational, Self, Ephemeral

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Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.

Peter Gabriel

Trust, Self, Dust

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In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.

Pat Summitt

Basketball, Responsibility, Order

Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.34, Crown Business

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