Jason Fried Quotes
It's incredibly hard to get meaningful work done when your workday has been shredded into work moments.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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The Administration should never have walked away from the Kyoto Treaty. Global warming is real and it is here today. The facts aren't the issue. The policy is the issue. I think the Administration's policy on global warming is dead wrong.
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NRDC has helped bring hope spots to more of our shared ocean waters. We helped draft and pass a California law creating a network of underwater parks stretching from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Before you begin designing or buying anything, you need to get real and ask yourself: What do you really want to use this room for? What do you want to do in this room but can't now?
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If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.
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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
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Everybody I run into goes, 'Hey, 'Best in Show!'' Or, 'Hey, that dog movie!' which I don't mind because I'm not too good on titles.
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I'm not a very 'this is planned out' person when I get to set. 'This is how I'm going to do it' - I'm never like that.
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I awoke you from your sleep because I saw that you were having a nightmare. And now you are cross and say to me: "What are we supposed to do now? Everything is still night!" You ingrates! You should go to sleep again and dream better.
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I'm interested in making a path instead of following a trail, and that's what I want to do in life - in everything I do.
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You can get excited and feel unstoppable, but every week presents a new challenge. Each week, you have to work and get better.
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It's incredibly hard to get meaningful work done when your workday has been shredded into work moments.
