Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.
Beware of advice about successful people and their methods. For starters, no two situations are alike. Your dreams of creating a dry-cleaning empire won't be helped by knowing that Thomas Edison liked to take naps.
I think everyone is a case-by-case basis. Whatever the circumstances are that come with any individual, they exist and you have to make a determination as to what your comfort level is with that person and the characteristics that they bring.
Families homeschool for different reasons, in unique situations, using a variety of methods.
Each crisis is different, has its own specificities, and we need to look at it critically; look at each one in its own terms.
The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.
Yeah, even a black comedy. Where it's a little eerie. I'd love to do that. But there are about three really fabulous ones on the air now and I don't know if I can do any better than that. I'd like to sort of forge new ground.
Working with Russia, we worked with Iran. Are they our friends? You have to take each situation uniquely.
General rules are dangerous of application in particular instances.
I never had a set of rules. Every situation is different.
They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique.
You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that almost nothing that's happened to me can apply.
Sure enough, my life has been filled with some pretty interesting things every single day.
There are some ideas that will translate from Iraq to Afghanistan and there are many that will not. The first lesson of counterinsurgency, in fact, is that every situation is truly unique, has its own context, its own specific set of factors - and you have to understand that context in enormous detail to be able to craft a sound and comprehensive approach.
I'm a Ph.D. in economics, and so you analyze every situation uniquely because every international situation is unique.
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
Unheard-of combinations of circumstances demand unheard-of rules.
