Scott Adams Quotes
The best plan now is to have as many bosses as possible. I call it boss diversity. If you work for a company and you have one boss and that boss doesn't like you or wants to get rid of you, you're in trouble. But if you work for yourself, you have lots of bosses, who are your customers, and if a few of them decide they don't like you, that's okay.
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Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.
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I've always performed. I've done plays at home.
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I don't think I am evangelical in my work.
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I'm not looking to shock anyone.
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Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
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People don't understand that the feel of the surface is so important for a footballer. The ball travels on the surface; our feet move on the surface - all of that goes into how the game is actually played.
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A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.
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I drink a lot of water.
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
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I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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I don't go to the gym because I don't have time, but I do Pilates workout DVDs for 20 minutes or more every day at home.
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My faith makes me willing to do things that may look like there's going to be a lot of physical difficulty. And you just go ahead and do it because you truly believe it's the right thing to do.
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A lot of followers would tell me, 'You've helped me through my depression or helped me stop cutting.' Something as easy as posting a video keeps them happy, or talking to them on Twitter helps them realize that what they're going through is temporary.
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Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas – including this one.
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I've always found the rain very calming.
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I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing to have in this business. I'm glad on the one hand that I've got it, but I wish it was more powerful. I wish I had a greater range. I wish it was more accurate at times.
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I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).
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New Zealand is such a down-to-earth place.
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Two thousand years ago, God started a revolt against the religion He started. So don't ever put it past God to cause a groundswell movement against churches and Christian institutions that bear His name.
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It just amazes me every time I have a debate with the ACLU on this. What would you want, to have innocent names made public?
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Abstract knowledge is not enough. At the end of the day, it's about how one reacts to circumstances in an extreme real-time situation.
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The best plan now is to have as many bosses as possible. I call it boss diversity. If you work for a company and you have one boss and that boss doesn't like you or wants to get rid of you, you're in trouble. But if you work for yourself, you have lots of bosses, who are your customers, and if a few of them decide they don't like you, that's okay.
