Seth Godin Quotes
You can't fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people, once unfooled, talk about the experience.
Quotes to Explore
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My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
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A Microsoft-Yahoo merger is a deal only an investment banker could love.
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Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
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I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amateur production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.
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I think we all have had better days in competition.
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Will Generation X and the Millennials do a better job running the world than the boomers have? Let's hope so.
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I guess what I'm trying to say is that writing is mysterious; you don't ever truly know where it is coming from, so don't edit yourself line by line. Don't get in your own way. Whatever is truly there at the core, that is your voice.
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I guess I'm attracted to people who are singing about love or life, and they have a particular passion that I can connect with.
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I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic.
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Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
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I believe Yahoo!'s best years are still ahead of it.
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And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?
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Like most women, I hate when a guy tries to pick me up by saying, You are the hottest girl I've ever seen. It's totally unrealistic. There are beautiful women everywhere.
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Americans look at the Middle East as a source of trauma because of 9/11. At the same time, I could see the fear going on in the Middle East as well - which would be the next country to be invaded or sanctioned? Being around those tensions was traumatic for me.
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You can't fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people, once unfooled, talk about the experience.
