Jason Fried Quotes
Great people want to work on things that matter. Inevitably, a great person working on imaginary work will turn into an unsatisfied person.

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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country music, people who just love music. My goal is more to reach music lovers than to appeal to a genre. I love country music, and I'm proud to represent it, but I don't obsess over it as a category.
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I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.
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Making music is fantastic.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
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Growing up, I wanted to be a musician. My mother, in typical Filipino-mom fashion, would always make me go up in front of people at parties to sing. Back then, as a kid, I was mortified. In retrospect, I see that doing that as a child helped me get over my fear of being in front of people.
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You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a police officer and carry a gun if you're afraid to get up and go out there. So you've got to put that fear to the side and go out in faith to overcome that.
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I love Niecy Nash. I would take a vacation with the lady. She is just delightful.
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Come aboard if your destination is oblivion- it should be our next stop. We can sit together. You can have the window seat if you want. But it's a sad view.
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I've done two albums for Concord Records; one was with Al Jarreau and it did very well for us. The second album was called 'Songs And Stories,' and it had good songs and good performances, but I promised them I would do an album that was more jazz-oriented.
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All I really care about is making great music and putting on great shows. I think, to do that, you have to be fearless. It certainly doesn't help to be insecure.
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Great people want to work on things that matter. Inevitably, a great person working on imaginary work will turn into an unsatisfied person.