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"Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness. The work of ameliorating the conditions of life -- the true civilizing process that makes life more and more secure -- had gone steadily on to a climax... And the harvest was what I saw."
"You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter."
"A game is a system in which players engage in an artificial conflict, defined by rules, that results in a quantifiable outcome."
"The U.S. has the most dysfunctional healthcare system in the industrial world, has about twice the per capita costs, and some of the worst outcomes. It's also the only privatized system."
"Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence."
"I care because I want you to care about me. I care because I have become aware of my absolute dependency upon you, whoever you are, for the outcome of my social, my democratic experience."
"Not the outcome any of us wanted."
"The popular scientific books by our scientists aren't the outcome of hard work, but are written when they are resting on their laurels."
"All Egyptians, not only the protestors, have broken through the fear barrier, therefore I expect only one outcome - protests will continue until Mubarak steps down from power."
"It's very easy to confuse confident motion with being productive - and they're not the same thing. Productive to me means measurable outcomes that apply to my most important to-dos that positively affect my life. That's it."
"Failure is an event, never a person; an attitude, not an outcome; a temporary inconvenience; a stepping stone. Our response to it determines just how helpful it can be."
"I am a person who lives my life based on intention. I don't do anything without intention because intention determines the outcome of your life. It's like cause and effect."
"The whole pleasure of being in a state of unknowing is that as long as you don’t know, all possible outcomes feel as if they are happening."
"Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual."
"The Russians sought to interfere with the election process - that the cyber hacking that took place by the Russians was part of that campaign, and that they had a clear preference in terms of outcomes."
"The truth is, no matter how modest Steven [Sebring] is, he was obsessed with the outcome of the film [Dream of Life]. Every single frame was important to him."
"I never know what it's going to look like. Wouldn't be much point in painting if I already knew the outcome. I have a subject in front of me and I start flooding colour and making marks, I don't know, it's improvisation isn't it?"
"If we know where we are and something about how we got there, we might see where we are trending - and if the outcomes which lie naturally in our course are unacceptable, to make timely change."
"Much outcry, little outcome."
"In a person's career, well, if you're process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you're more likely to be success. I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence."
