Seth Godin Quotes
Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness and the scientific method, on the other hand, create a culture of testing and inquiry that can't help but push you forward.

Quotes to Explore
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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The one thing that I've always kind of had, ever since I was a kid, was that I lack a certain degree of self-consciousness, which is alternately good and bad.
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
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I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.
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Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.
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Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.
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There's no excuse in a technological age where we've got drones - you know, overhead, and we can monitor anything, all sorts of minutia - that we can't track living flesh-and-blood children.
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The Communist bloc of old was a study in the failure of failure. Losers in the Soviet economy were the people at the end of the long lines for consumer goods. Worse losers were the people who had spent hours getting to the head of the line, only to be told that the goods were unavailable.
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Houses of worship can be the heart of a community. They can be the cradle of a family. They can be places where our children go to learn, not just faith, but to make friends. They build connections. They are essential to a healthy America. And every community deserves the right to have those houses of worship operate in safety and peace.
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My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times.
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The drama is a great revealer of life.
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Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness and the scientific method, on the other hand, create a culture of testing and inquiry that can't help but push you forward.