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The pain of not knowing what to do was exceeded only by that of knowing what I had done.


Erich Segal

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RAY DEPWE Then why do you want to know?"

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FLORA RHETA SCHREIBER I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.
JACK DEE To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.
ARISTOTLE The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of kno...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.
RICHARD P. FEYNMAN You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.
LUCILLE BALL Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good tas...
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OSWALD CHAMBERS The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.
LADY STELLA READING The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
RUMI It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
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LUCILLE BALL I was born not knowing and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
RICHARD FEYNMAN I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.
RICHARD FEYNMAN I wish knowing what you SHOULD do was as easy to figure out as what you SHOULDN’T do!.... jh
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LEE TREVINO O! what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do!
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RALPH ELLISON Don't like me for what I am.
Just like me for who I am.
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Knowing what the problem is quite often does not bring one close to knowing what the solution is.
CANDICE CAIN Diplomacy is the art of knowing what not to say.
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VANESSA DIFFENBAUGH Knowledge is that which is acquired by learning. Wisdom is knowing what to do with it?
UNKNOWN Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
UTADA HIKARU Without knowing, they can't appreciate what is being done.
JUDITH BONDUS As to gods, I have no way of knowing either that they exist or do not exist, or what they are like
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UFUOMA APOKI The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what come...
URSULA K. LEGUIN The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what come...
URSULA K. LE GUIN The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what come...
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MILAN KUNDERA Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing what to do is the worst kind of suffering...
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DONALD BARTHELME After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.
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RANDY HARRISON Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.
~WALT DISNEY Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
DAVID STARR JORDAN Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
DAVID STARR JORDAN Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it
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URSULA K. LEGUIN This is a world in which each of us, knowing his limitations, knowing the evils of superficiality an...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have ...
HOWARD COSELL The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have ...
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ALAN ALDA A lot of what we experience as strength comes from knowing what to do with weakness.
BARBARA EHRENREICH Do you know what the difference is between knowing a bird and knowing about a bird?
LIONEL SUGGS All those years I thought that it was power that brought responsibility. It's not. I was wrong.
PETER PARKER I do understand what it is to not want to commit to someone, knowing that might bring pain or commit...
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The truly terrible thing about this life, was not knowing what you want, but only able to recognize ...
WHITNEY OTTO Get what you want by knowing where to go.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
AESCHYLUS I went from weirdo teenager to pixie waif to them not knowing what the hell to do with me.
WINONA RYDER I see people in tears, not wanting to give up their dog but not knowing what to do anymore.
RUTH MARQUARDT Courage is knowing what not to fear.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Courage is knowing what not to fear.
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BYRON KNOX If you're confused about what to do,
it's a sign that your enemy is winning.
TOBA BETA I think it's a matter of one hand not knowing what the other is doing.
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JULIE MEHRETU When it comes to knowing what to say, to charm, I always had it.
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MICHAEL DONAHOE At least we know now. The not knowing is what was so horrible.
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