Seth Godin Quotes
Now, before sliced bread was invented in the 1910s I wonder what they said? Like the greatest invention since the telegraph or something. But... the thing about the invention of sliced bread is this - that for the first 15 years after sliced bread was available no one bought it; no one knew about it; it was a complete and total failure.
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Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
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It was a labor of love and they did really well.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.
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How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.
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It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
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The best quick tip in golf is to focus on your rhythm and balance.
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'Tis a secret: none knows how it comes, how it goes: But the name of the secret is Love!
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If you're wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor.
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I want to build something I'd be happy to be employed by 10 years out.
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My fan base is really expanding into an inter-generational thing - it's what every artist probably hopes for.
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Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood.
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There has been a great gulf in psychological thought between the perception of space and objects on one hand and the perception of meaning on the other.
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Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill.
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I've got a family, and I love them, and I want them to have the best opportunities in the best country in the world, and I think we have to fight for it.
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It looks good when you see someone kicking at the age of 51 with no double. It's kinda cool for people to know that past 50 we can keep flexible.
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The left brain is responsible for making order out of chaos, for making sense of things in the world that don't always add up. To do this, it often makes up stories, fantastic confabulations in some cases, just to be able to explain what we're experiencing.
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I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive.
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Writers seem mesmerized by the state - the temporal entity. The word 'perestroika' is impressed somehow on our minds. But that is not the duty of a writer.
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The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead.
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We lay out our lives in a narrative we understand, like a movie, but are you enjoying making it or are you wondering who's watching my movie.
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It is undeniable that every human being is entitled to living space, daily bread, and the protection of the law as a common birthright; these are fundamentals and should not be handed out as an act of charity.
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We honor revelation too highly to make it the antagonist of reason, or to believe that it calls us to renounce our highest powers.
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Now, before sliced bread was invented in the 1910s I wonder what they said? Like the greatest invention since the telegraph or something. But... the thing about the invention of sliced bread is this - that for the first 15 years after sliced bread was available no one bought it; no one knew about it; it was a complete and total failure.
