Seth Godin Quotes
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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In 1787, many Americans were convinced that the 'perpetual union' they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier, in the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature.
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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.
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We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair.
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While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
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I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
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From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.
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I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.
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Better a decent remake than a bad original, don't you think?
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I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.
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It is a struggle. But I don't mind. I will just keep fighting on.
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When I was younger, I had a much better connection between words and music. Somewhere along the way, I had kind of an aspiration to disconnect them, to just kind of go into a totally musical world.
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My next baby will be my new record.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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I didn't want Ulta to be thought of as the retailer for discounts. I wanted Ulta to be known as a beauty retailer.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day absorb all your interest, energy and enthusiasm. The best preparation for tomorrow is to live today superbly well.
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What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.
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Your history of work is as important as the work you'll do tomorrow.
