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'Boldface' is a pilot term, a magic word to describe the procedures that could, in a crisis, save your life. We say that 'boldface is written in blood' because often it's created in response to an accident investigation. It highlights the series of steps that should have been taken to avoid a fatal crash, but weren't.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Accident Avoid Because Been Blood Could Crash Created Crisis Describe Fatal Highlights Investigation Life Magic Often Pilot Procedures Response Save Say Series Should Steps Taken Term Were Word Written Your

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Less than an hour before he'd congratulated himself on escaping all the traps of Earth, all the snares of Man. Not knowing that the greatest trap of all, the final and the fatal trap, lay on this present planet.

~Clifford D. Simak

Topics: Before Earth Escaping Fatal Final Greatest He Himself Hour Knowing Lay Less Man Not Knowing Planet Present Snare Than Trap Traps

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I'm not going to get somewhere and say, 'OK, I'm done.' Success is never final; I'll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I'm going to the stars and then past them.

~Conor Mcgregor

Topics: Being Done Failure Fatal Final Get Going Just Keep Keep Going Never Ok Past Same Say Somewhere Stars Success Success Is Them Then Way

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I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don't like me, I will obsess over it - and try to change my personality until they like me - even if they don't like me for reasons that have nothing to do with me, and even if they're strangers.

~Damon Lindelof

Topics: Being Change Even Fatal Flaw Human Human Being Like Me Need Nothing Obsess Over Over It People Personality Reasons Say Strangers Try Until Will Would

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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.

~David Brin

Topics: Assumptions Been Both Both Sides Contact Encounter Every Fatal First Habit History Individuals Made Making Mistake New Often Proved Sides Throughout Unfortunate Worst

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There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

~David Lloyd George

Topics: Character Fatal Finished Half Nothing Tasks

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While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people, they finally dropped it from judo.

~Dick Cavett

Topics: Ancient Book Doing Dropped Fatal Finally Healthy Hold Kids Many Neck Other Other Kids Out People Playing Read So Many People Things Were While

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Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

~Don Shula

Topics: Failure Fatal Forever Success Success Is

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Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it would be fatal to retreat into the same arguments and begin the battle anew.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: After Against Anew Argument Attacks Battle Begin Being Britain Cost Defend Europe Fatal Fighting Idea Less Like Often Part Retreat Right Same Seemed Too Would Years

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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

~Douglas Macarthur

Topics: Any Enter Fatal War Will Win Without

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