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on a whim
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on a whimadverb
done without thinking seriously about the consequences.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of on a whim in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of on a whim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
Being reactive is like experiencing the world on choppy seas, always at the whim of the weather.
A market is the combined behavior of thousands of people responding to information, misinformation and whim.
There are a lot of heartless, soulless, spectacle films out there that don't reflect what should be happening, i can't tell you the amount of times I've talked to film directors before they went and made a big movie, and said, 'Hey, we're in this together, let's do something different with these big movies. Let's make them something different than everything that has come before them.' And then see them cater to every single studio whim and be grossed out, frankly.
Without planning you are like a sailboat at sea. You will go in the direction of the wind’s whim and you will never get to where you want to go. The wind is like the opinion of others, take it for what it is and use it only when it will take you where you want to go.”
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