Seth Godin Quotes
You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome.
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When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.
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Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.
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A runner needs not just to be skinny but - more specifically - to have skinny calves and ankles, because every extra pound carried on your extremities costs more than a pound carried on your torso. That's why shaving even a few ounces off a pair of running shoes can have a significant effect.
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If you think about work, it's just this endlessly fascinating subject. We spend at least half of our waking hours working. So it becomes this incredible window into a whole variety of things: who we are human beings, how the economy works, how people relate to each other, how stuff is made, how the world spins on its axis.
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When we analyze this war in a materialistic way and ask when is it going to end and who will be the winner and the loser, it means that we do not see the endgame.
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The idea was always to be an actor.
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The Sino-American competition involves two significant realities that distinguish it from the Cold War: neither party is excessively ideological in its orientation; and both parties recognize that they really need mutual accommodation.
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
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I don't think there is anyone bigger or smaller than Diego Maradona!
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I really don't go out every night to red-carpet events.
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The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death.
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My goal is to break three hours in a marathon.
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Success is like food caught in your teeth: much more noticeable when it happens to other people. If it happens to you, other people have to take you aside and say something.
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There are still parts of the country where it's hard: when you realize you're gay, it's like a death sentence.
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I could never rap, personally. I can't even wrap presents.
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I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start my musical career again. Going for the big record deal and all of that.
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When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years.
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I'm very goal oriented.
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I very rarely watch anybody swing. All I do is follow where the ball goes.
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I am very scared at the beginning of each book, because I've never written it before. I feel I have to teach myself how to do it.
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I got two older brothers and two younger sisters, and we grew up in the country, and we were a little feral. So as long as the car didn't end up in the rhubarb and you didn't get caught for doing whatever you were doing, you were fine.
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I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.
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Make music that you truly enjoy and it shows.
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You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome.
