Seth Godin Quotes
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It's insane that people have these Internet identities. It has very little to do with who we really are. As a writer, who I'm friends with, how I spend my time, what I look like, what I wear, what I eat, what kind of music I like - it's totally not important to the work.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both.
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I don't drink hot beverages.
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I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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Custody and guardianship by the parent of his child does not arise under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States and is not dependent on them.
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Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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Just being famous feels cheap to me.
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I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows.
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What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.
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Marriage is an exercise in torture.
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My childhood dream was to study mechanical engineering. After reading 'The Mysterious Island' - which I read 25 times as a boy - I thought that was the best thing a person could do. The engineer in the book knows mechanics and physics, and he creates a whole way of life on the island out of nothing. I wanted to be like that.
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I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.
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I have enough energy to insist on saying what I think.
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I don't believe that a writer does something wonderful spontaneously. I believe it's the result of years of living, of study, reading, his very personality and temperament. At one particular moment, all these come together and the artist 'expresses' himself.
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Yes. I would like to see Alaska's infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.
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The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.
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I've learned that when God promises beauty through the ashes, He means it.
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The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.
