Seth Godin Quotes
The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.
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Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.
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The most challenging thing is people do see me as a tennis player, but I've had a lot of opportunities because I am a tennis player. And I don't mind that.
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Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
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The coolest thing about the series is that we stay very true to the books; it would be silly for us not to, because the books are exactly what the fans want to see. There's an action side to it, which I love, and there are werewolves now. There aren't just vampires. There's a wolf pack.
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I have an outdoor kitchen at home in Georgia, and I try to never eat inside.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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If you go down as a comedian's comedian, that's basically meaning other comedians are hopefully feeling that you're doing okay.
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When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about the fundamentals of music, theory and technique on a particular instrument, and playing in an ensemble or private setting.
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I love festivals in that people seem to let their hair down more. I love that people run from stage to stage. I love going as a performer because you get to see band that you wouldn't necessarily go see.
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There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.
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Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others.
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It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle.
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I'm married to Kevin, a photographer whose career has put him on the campaign trail with presidential candidates and sent him on assignment to far-flung places for long periods of time. It was sometimes rough when our children were small, and I was beginning to write in earnest.
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Dialogue is what a character's willing to share and reveal to another character, and the 90% they aren't willing to share is what I do for a living.
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The most horrifying thing I ever did was work as a steward on an airplane. I wanted to get hired by United. I thought, 'With my languages, this will be amazing; I will work in First Class.' But I could only get a job with an airline going from Newark, New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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If the people buying the pizza are happy, they'll probably buy the pizza again.
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A religion which has lost its basic conviction about the interconnection of men with men in their common struggles for the human, will never command belief in the realm of the superhuman.
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The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.
