Seth Godin Quotes
I find that it's almost essential to fall in love with an idea to invest the time it takes to make it good and worth sharing. And then, the hard part: deleting that idea when it's just not what it could be. Too often, organizations are good at the first part, but struggle with the second. And so we defend expired business models, support the status quo and have a knee-jerk inclination to preserve what we've got.
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.
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My great fear of being attacked or trivialized by my contemporaries made me concentrate on what I was trying to do as a writer. It forced me to draw some conclusions that were my own.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
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The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God. That is why everyone had dignity, value and worth.
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.
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Forty percent of my portfolio is in the U.S. In the rest of the world, most of the places I invest in or invested in are Brazil, Russia, Germany with a little bit of Turkey, China, India, France and Israel sprinkled in there.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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I've always wanted to do a boxing movie.
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I don't consciously use my own life or experience at all.
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When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.
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I've dated people where we traveled horribly together, and if one thing went wrong, it was horrible for them. Then I've been fortunate enough to have great traveling experiences where everything lined up and even when things went wrong, you just laughed about it. You learn so much about yourself when you're traveling with someone.
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Taking my bike out and riding the bike path along Lake Shore Drive, that's one of the great experiences in my life. And I hope to do it as long as I can.
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I don't fear aging. It's natural, and I can't stop it!
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I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success.
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Faust complains of having two souls in his breast. I have a whole squabbling crowd. It goes on as in a republic.
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I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,Just like the ones I used to know.
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I hope I'm not getting so famous that I can't think out load [sic] anymore.
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I know that in my own personal life, the people who I have dated who are funny can get away with a lot more than the people who aren't.
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Having spent 200 hours on the above, the young player, even if he possesses no special talent for chess, is likely to be among those two or three thousand chessplayers who play on a par with a master. There are, however, a quarter of a million chessplayers who annually spend no fewer than 200 hours on chess without making any progress. Without going into any further calculations, I can assert with a high degree of certainty that nowadays we achieve only a fraction of what we are capable of achieving.
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I find that it's almost essential to fall in love with an idea to invest the time it takes to make it good and worth sharing. And then, the hard part: deleting that idea when it's just not what it could be. Too often, organizations are good at the first part, but struggle with the second. And so we defend expired business models, support the status quo and have a knee-jerk inclination to preserve what we've got.
