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anticipation

«There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it»
«Thou hast power only to act not over the result thereof. Act thou therefore without prospect of the result and without succcumbing to inaction (The translation follows thusKarmani ave adhikars te--you have the power to act onlyma phalesu kadachana--you do not have the power to influence the resultma karmaphal hetur bhoo--therefore you must act without the anticipation of the resultma sangostu akramani--without succumbing to inaction)»
«When things mean a very great deal to you, exciting anticipation just isn't safe.»
Author: Dodie Smith | Keywords: anticipation, exciting
«Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.»
Author: Norman Cousins (Editor, Essayist) | About: Consequences | Keywords: anticipation
«There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.»
Author: Umberto Eco (Critic, Novelist) | About: Sports | Keywords: anticipation, bullets
«The so called unconscious inferences can be traced back to the all-preserving memory, which presents us with parallel experiences and hence already knows the consequences of an action. It is not anticipation of the effects; rather, it is the feeling: identical causes, identical effects . . .»
«Therein lies the defect of revenge: it's all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is the biggest end of it.»
«The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Poetry | Keywords: anticipation, in reality

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