Seth Godin Quotes
When you think about Uber and Airbnb and the other companies that are turning things upside down, Uber isn't big 'cause they ran a lot of ads. They're big because someone took out their iPhone and said to their friend, watch this, and pressed a button and a car pulled up.
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Toward the end of my pregnancy, I felt really big - I gained about 40 pounds, which is a lot for my size.
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Gently, I ran my hand across his chest, exploring it. My breath felt tight in my throat. He was so beautiful. His muscles were toned, defined, his skin warm and smooth. Stroking my palm up over the line of his collarbone, I felt the firmness of his shoulder, the strength of his bicep. I traced my fingers over the black AK, following the lines of the letters. Alex hardly moved as I touched him, his eyes never leaving me. Finally I sighed and dropped my hand. I tried to smile. "I've sort of been wanting to do that ever since that first night in the motel room," I admitted.
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Most people are walking around the city like corpses; they aren't alive enough to notice the trash. They come from other places and they see it as a big garbage dump. Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don't. That's partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible - Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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It was a pity thoughts always ran the easiest way, like water in old ditches.
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The power of propaganda is to say something enough times that it becomes the Big Lie.
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We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones.
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I'm too competitive to get that big of a head.
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I'm not a big disco guy. Some of that English techno-poppy stuff wouldn't get me in the mood either.
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I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar. That's where you come in.
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But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.
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Los Angeles is such a town of show business, and I'm a terrible celebrity. I find it difficult - it's the beast that must be fed. There's this big wheel of pictures and articles that goes around, and you get pinned on it.
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It took me five years to learn to play the game intelligently enough to make big money when I was right.
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It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.
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I began to realize that the big money must necessarily be in the big swing.
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Competence doesn't seem like a big deal until you are forced to realize that your own government has none.
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I was a big fan of Ron Howard of course, so it was fantastic to meet him.
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My big fish must be somewhere.
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I existed before Star Trek. I started in live television. I was there when the cameras were as big as a table, had internal fans that were whirring and tubes that, because of the heat, had to come right up to our face for a close-up. Now, we are talking about green screen and putting us in locations that we'll never visit. What has happened to us is a miracle, and the miracle is our inventiveness. The tragedy of our lives is also our inventiveness.
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It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there.
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The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.
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Back in the '40's, Lyndon Johnson could still steal a Senate election in South Texas with the help of the big patrons.
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One thing I've learnt recently: how to think nothing. Here's the trick: don't have any interest in the world around you, don't have any hope for the future, and be warm.
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When you think about Uber and Airbnb and the other companies that are turning things upside down, Uber isn't big 'cause they ran a lot of ads. They're big because someone took out their iPhone and said to their friend, watch this, and pressed a button and a car pulled up.
