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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
Confucius
Me
Will
Men
Own
Not Knowing
Other
Ability
My Own
Knowing
Concerned
Want
I really try to plot in a fearless fashion. I try not to care about not knowing the answer before I get there; I just jump in first and see what happens.
Courtney A. Kemp
Fashion
Try
Care
First
Before
Not Knowing
Plot
See
Fearless
About
Knowing
Answer
Jump
Get
Just
Happens
Really
My version of a stress dream is, really, showing up on a concert stage with a drum set and not knowing the chart.
Damien Chazelle
Stress
Stage
Not Knowing
Dream
Chart
Drum
Drum Set
Knowing
Concert
Version
Up
Really
Showing
Showing Up
Set
The whole thing of doing a TV series, I find it very daunting not knowing where the story's going.
Danny Huston
Not Knowing
TV
TV Series
Find
Daunting
Knowing
Doing
Very
Going
Where
Story
Whole
Series
Thing
There were a lot of people in Manchester that I was connected to, so it is a bit different coming to London and not knowing as many people.
Danny Welbeck
People
Not Knowing
Bit
London
Knowing
Coming
Were
Lot
Manchester
Different
Connected
Many
I think that from 15 to, like, 18, I went through a very rough time. Something basically everyone goes through in those years - not knowing what you're going to do.
Dinah Manoff
Time
You
Not Knowing
Think
Everyone
Those
Something
Through
Like
Knowing
Years
Very
Goes
Going
Rough
Basically
I was obsessed with not knowing what happened after you were dead. And I sat or kneeled for a whole day with my head against the wall, trying to figure it out. But I couldn't, and I just said, 'Okay.' And then it was nothingness.
Donald Sutherland
Day
You
Not Knowing
Nothingness
Okay
Out
Head
Obsessed
Dead
Knowing
Said
Were
Wall
Trying
Just
After
Happened
Against
Then
Figure
Sat
Whole
We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.
Dora Russell
Better
Not Knowing
Having
Prevent
Having Children
Knowing
How
Than
Children
Want
Them
Reasons
Pollock said several times that he couldn't separate himself from his art. Not knowing much about modern art when I began to read about him, I was much more his persona - his struggles as a human being - that was interesting to me.
Ed Harris
Art
Me
Human Being
Not Knowing
Several
About
More
Struggles
He
Knowing
Him
Himself
Read
Said
His
Began
Times
Persona
Modern
Modern Art
Human
Being
Interesting
Much
Separate
I remember my first lecture on my first day in evolutionary biology, how populations and species change. I sat thinking, 'Why doesn't everyone know this?' I look back on it almost in horror: I came so close to not knowing how exciting our world is.
Elise Andrew
Day
Change
World
Remember
First
Not Knowing
Thinking
Biology
Back
Everyone
Our
Our World
Evolutionary
Horror
Exciting
Almost
Know
Look
Knowing
How
Came
Lecture
Close
Sat
Species
Why
I'm not very good at time off. I'm happier when I'm working. It's something to do with not knowing what the next job is, so you appreciate it while it's there. I thrive on it, actually. But now I do it to please myself.
Emilia Fox
Time
Myself
Good
You
Job
Thrive
Not Knowing
Please
Something
Knowing
Off
Very
Happier
While
Next
Working
Now
Actually
Appreciate
To create a comedy major, I ended up starting a comedy night in the basement of my dorm, and I promoted and produced my final project, which meant I faxed press releases from an old Apple IIC, or whatever it was, to newspapers, not knowing if that would work or if that's how you do things.
Eugene Mirman
Work
You
Comedy
Old
Whatever
Not Knowing
Final
Project
Press
Release
Would
Promoted
Major
Knowing
How
Up
Ended
Which
Dorm
Newspapers
Create
Produced
Meant
Basement
Apple
Things
Night
Starting
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.
Evelyn Glennie
Music
Me
World
Not Knowing
Nothing
Think
Assumed
Solo
Possibly
Find
Knowing
Because
Sticks
Greatest
Greatest Asset
Expected
Just
Where
Anything
Anyway
Full
Asset
I went from not knowing anything to becoming really curious and wanting to know and respecting people in the industry, realizing how hard they work. I will always be thankful for 'Top Model' for that.
Fatima Siad
Work
Thankful
People
Will
Not Knowing
Top
Respecting
Be Thankful
Know
Knowing
Industry
Always
Becoming
How
Model
Curious
Wanting
Anything
Realizing
Really
Hard
I've always been a bit of a lost soul, and I think that goes back to me being adopted and not knowing my roots.
Finn Jones
Me
Soul
Lost
Not Knowing
Think
Back
Bit
Adopted
Knowing
Always
Been
Goes
Being
Roots
What I've noticed about Hollywood is, if you go out there shouting about who you are, they will love you for it. But if you go out not knowing what it is that you're representing, and you are just a canvas, they will make you into the thing they need you to be.
Florence Pugh
Love
You
Will
Not Knowing
Out
About
Knowing
Make
Go
Just
Representing
Love You
Canvas
Hollywood
Noticed
Shouting
Who
Thing
Need
I was just twiddling my thumbs in London, literally not knowing what I was going to do with my life, and my agent says, 'You got an audition for 'My Fair Lady' with Bartlett Sher.'
Harry Hadden-Paton
Life
You
My Life
Not Knowing
Says
London
Thumbs
Fair
Knowing
Got
Audition
Going
Just
Lady
Literally
Agent
To be okay with not knowing is a sign of a mature person and a mature society.
Hisham Matar
Not Knowing
Society
Okay
Sign
Knowing
Mature
Person
It's a weakness of mine to forget what it is I've just been talking about so that when people make witty allusions to it, I stare at them open-mouthed, not knowing what they're talking about.
Howard Jacobson
People
Not Knowing
Mine
Weakness
About
Knowing
Make
Talking
Witty
Been
Forget
Just
Them
Stare
I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.
Ian Williams
You
Will
Not Knowing
Definitely
Out
Mystery
Like
Know
Knowing
How
Turn
Things
Google is where we go for answers. People used to go elsewhere or, more likely, stagger along not knowing.
James Gleick
People
Google
Not Knowing
Elsewhere
More
Along
Likely
Knowing
Answers
Go
Where
Stagger
Used
I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.
James Laughlin
Good
World
Rest
Not Knowing
Think
No Excuse
About
Poetry
Excuse
Knowing
Reader
Deal
American
Going
Good Deal
My new toy is not knowing, because it's very creative. I'm the guy who likes to get in the car and get lost.
Jeffrey Tambor
Creative
Car
Lost
Not Knowing
Guy
New
Toy
Knowing
Likes
Because
Very
Get
Who
I don't remember ever not knowing about acting.
Jennifer Grey
Remember
Not Knowing
About
Knowing
Acting
Ever
I think that's the great thing about all 'Black Mirror' episodes - it really leaves you with this feeling of not knowing how to feel.
Jesse Plemons
Great
You
Black
Mirror
Feeling
Not Knowing
Think
About
Feel
Great Thing
Knowing
How
Leaves
Really
Episodes
Thing
I can understand the dilemma of growing up in a bubble, and then not knowing what to do when unemployment beckons and reality bursts in.
Jessie Cave
Reality
Not Knowing
Dilemma
Bubble
Knowing
Understand
Up
Unemployment
Bursts
Then
Growing
Growing Up
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