Seth Godin Quotes

Understanding the mythology of your partner, your customer and your audience is far more important than watching the instant replay of what actually happened.

Seth Godin

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• But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.

  

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• I did a sitcom with Desi Arnaz Jr. in a pilot called 'Whacked Out.' We were bombing, and Lucille Ball grabbed the mic and started berating the audience.

  

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• Businesses can't afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.

  

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• When you're still, and some actors are really brilliant at that, you bring a kind of energy to you as opposed to sending the energy out. There are some actors, like Gary Cooper or Kevin Spacey, that are absolutely brilliant - Gene Hackman is another - at being and allowing the audience to just do the work.

  

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• How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.

  

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• I am a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society; I visit sacred places such as Devil's Tower and the Medicine Wheel. These places are important to me, because they've been made sacred by sacrifice, by the investment of blood and experience and story.

  

  N. Scott Momaday
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• I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.

  

  Naturi Naughton 3LW
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• The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
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• When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.

  

  Xavier Rudd
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• Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
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• Why don't we actually fight for a woman's right even to complain about being beaten up. That is more important than driving. If a woman is beaten, they are told to go back to their homes - their fathers, husbands, brothers - to be beaten up again and locked up in the house.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
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• I think it's very important for both women and men to see women working in a variety of capacities.

  

  Maggie Hassan
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• The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

  

  Dan Quayle
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• I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world.

  

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• It is surprising how little most small business values the customers. A positive feedback from the customer is critical to your business, and what's more important is their referral.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
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• For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.

  

  Xenophon
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• The human toll is what's important here. I pray that with God's help, and with all the ability that you have, that you see through anything that may be an obstacle to mine safety, and realize that money can't be a deterrent, nothing can be a deterrent.

  

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• I believe a healthy lifestyle is an extremely important thing which underpins solution to numerous important problems, including the health of the nation.

  

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• Even when you're not acting, don't lose sight of your goals or who you are.

  

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• We live in the Facebook era. I think everyone, not just celebrities, have an unprecedented level of self-awareness, of presenting yourself to the world. The truth is, it starts with how you look, and that goes into how you dress.

  

  Allison Williams
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• But right now, we are seeing hundreds of leaders coming together. Many of them are people nobody had ever heard of. This organic organization will outlive any one charismatic figure.

  

  Eliseo Medina
  • Organization
  • Leaders
  • Charismatic

• Understanding the mythology of your partner, your customer and your audience is far more important than watching the instant replay of what actually happened.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Important
  • Understanding
  • Audience