"Have I not walked without an upward..." - Quote by Robert Frost
Have I not walked without an upward look Of caution under stars that very well Might not have missed me when they shot and fell? It was a risk I had to take-and took.
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“I wonder about the trees.Why do we wish to bearForever the noise of theseMore than another noiseSo close to our dwelling place?”
“I am not a teacher. I am an awakener.”
“My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a treeToward heaven still,And there's a barrel that I didn't fillBeside it, and there may be two or threeApples I didn't pick upon some bough.But I am done with apple-picking now.Essence of winter sleep is on the night,The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.”
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“Use the formula P=40 to 70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of information acquired. Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut.”
“He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.”
“We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.”