Seth Godin Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
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As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness.
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Human culture has always had to exist under the shadow of something infinitely more important than itself. If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have begun.
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To give something for nothing is to weaken the giver.
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The situation is perilous, but there is still one chance of escape.
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That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now.
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My job never actually leaves me. I watch people who come home from work at six and they're done, and that seems crazy. Then again, they have to get up at seven and go to work, to a job that maybe they don't really care about, and I get to do something that I care about.
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In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.
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We talk about the past like it's the strangest dream. Then we repeat the things we never dreamed we'd do.
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In an atmosphere of ahimsa, one has no scope to put his ahimsa to the test. It can be tested only in the face of himsa.
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Recognize the remarkable individuals in your life who help you envision a world far beyond yourself.
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We are the planet, fully as much as water, earth, fire and air are the planet, and if the planet survives, it will only be through heroism. Not occasional heroism, a remarkable instance of it here and there, but constant heroism, systematic heroism, heroism as governing principle.
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Generally speaking, experience counts for something. So you'd expect entrepreneurs who've been through the ups and downs of a tech startup to have an advantage over the newcomers. Or at least have an equal chance at success. But in fact the opposite may be true. A number of venture capitalists I've spoken with have said that too many "old guard" entrepreneurs are not being bold enough in their business decisions, and it's hurting their startups.
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In some ways I feel sad about leaving NASA, but the reality is, I won't fly again.
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Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.
