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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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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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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Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment.
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I would imagine that anyone picking up a book written by me would expect a fast-paced story that requires minimal effort to turn the pages. The reader would also be looking for some out-of-the-ordinary revelations along the way. At the end of the day, I'm a writer who simply loves revealing stuff that is out-of-the-ordinary.
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In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began to interfere with the ruthless workings of nature. As a result, we continue to keep alive and to breed the unfit.
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Politics is a people business. I like people.
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Fifty - it's going to be for the rest of my life. I'm going to count myself as a 50-year-old, sing like I'm 50, and act like I am, too. That's how I feel, and I believe if you have that frame of mind, it keeps you young.
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Private companies should be building businesses.
