Seth Godin Quotes
No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez.
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The preachers commission is to declare the whole counsel of God; but the cross is the center of that counsel.
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It is my absolute intent to hold the line on taxes.
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I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.
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It would be a terrible mistake to go through life thinking that people are the sum total of what you see.
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I was obsessed with The Sound of Music. I always feel nostalgic watching it.
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Regardless of what people ultimately think about Crazy As Hell, It's not the type of film that, ten minutes after seeing it, you're only focused on what you want to eat.
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The French people have chosen change. This change I will put into place.
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I adore jokes. They're a theatrical contrivance, but the irony of all fiction is that you approach reality by avoiding it a bit; you spoof it a bit.
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That's why I like listening to Schubert while I'm driving. Like I said, it's because all his performances are imperfect. A dense, artistic kind of imperfection stimulates your consciousness, keeps you alert. If I listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while I'm driving, I might want to close my eyes and die right then and there. But listening to the D major, I can feel the limits of what humans are capable of - that a certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect. And personally I find that encouraging.
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The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.
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Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
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Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these things sublime as musical instruments. And if you fail there, you have failed it all.
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You know, somebody mentioned that I was sort of a jazz-pop singer. And I'm thrilled that somebody would find that, at last, in my presentation, because it's such a part of where I live.
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I love a lot of things, a whole lot of things / Like / My cousin comes to visit and you know he's from the South /'Cause every word he says just kind of slides out of his mouth / I like the way he whistles and I like the way he walks / But honey, let me tell you that I love the way he talks.
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That's right," said Eeyore. "Sing. Umty-tiddly, umty-too. Here we go gathering Nuts and May. Enjoy yourself." "I am," said Pooh.
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No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.
