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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When I think, where did I laugh the most, where did I eat the most, where did I just feel good all the time, I would say making the Bond movie 'Die Another Day.' To be part of such an iconic franchise and to travel to exotic places - that was the most fun I ever had.
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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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I get told all the time that I'm a fashion icon now, but I don't really know what that means. I just get dressed.
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If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth.
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Helen Mirren is like the sexiest woman on the planet to me. She is. Just the way she goes about everything.
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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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I played ice hockey obsessively for 14 years of my life.
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You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.
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I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me. I fall in love much too quickly and that results in me getting badly hurt. The problem with love is that you lose control and that is a very vulnerable state to be in. I would love to really have a beautiful relationship with somebody, but it never seems to work out. What I would like most of all is to be in a state of blissful love.
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My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn't change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change - we can be miserable or we can be happy. It's what you make of your life.
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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.
