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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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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Truth does not belong to an individual.
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Like a steely blade in a silken sheathWe don't see what they're made ofThey shout about love, but when push comes to shoveThey live for the things they're afraid ofAnd the knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them...- The Weapon (Part II of 'Fear') (1982)
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Big things always interest me, but the big things don't work because they're too big. You have to find characters in which to couch all those things.
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I write slowly and get distracted a lot.
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Private companies should be building businesses.
