Peter Diamandis Quotes
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My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if I'm not there. I'm coming in there, and it's like a – I don't know the English word – like a passage.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I can see my guru playing with me.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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There's nothing I really believe about 50 Cent.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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I love the Middle East. My earliest childhood memories are of Jerusalem. I love the colors and smells and cadence of Arabic spoken in the streets of Cairo or Beirut. I also love the modernity and verve of Tel Aviv.
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I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.
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The process of getting conscious, for me, was a very, very uncomfortable, disturbing, and sometimes physically painful process. And so that's the standard to which I write, because it was what I've experienced over my time.
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens.
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When I play my match, I can't think about anything else except what I'm doing on my side of the net.
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I didn't feel attractive in high school.
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When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl.
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Nothing is more real than nothing.
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Sex is the refuge of the mindless. And the more mindless the woman, the more deeply embedded in the male 'culture,' in short, the nicer she is, the more sexual she is. The nicest women in our 'society' are raving sex maniacs.
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Watch people, because you can fake for a long time, but one day you're gonna show yourself to be a phony.
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I love 'Die Hard,' man. It's the best.
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You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.
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It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake. The smarter course for those who want stronger federal gun-control laws anytime soon is legislative stewardship and compromise.
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It's not in the mainstream media, but across towns, it is amazing how there are small groups of people getting together and forming artistic collectives - they may not be being overtly political, but I'd say by channelling their energy into community projects, that's a valid political statement.
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Saints are only sinners who keep trying.
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Private companies should be building businesses.
