Seth Godin Quotes
We’ve been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of all, to prefer fitting in with the right people, the people with economic power. Now it’s your turn to stand up and stand out.
Quotes to Explore
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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We're newspaper junkies; I can't imagine life without a newspaper.
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Every child, woman and man has a right to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life.
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I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.
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Some day... some day, I want to go much deeper into the human mind.
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You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
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The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom today.
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In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.
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The people who are teaching religion and not teaching love are missing the message.
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In order for us to solve many big problems around the world, it is in our interest to work with Russia and obtain their cooperation.
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In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.
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Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.
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He was weary of the uncertainty of the vicious circle of that eternal war that always found him in the same place, but always older, wearier, even more in the position of not knowing why, or how, or even when.
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At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.
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Knowing it can always get worse, I try to be grateful for whatever good I have.
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Gratitude and complaining cannot co-exist simultaneously. Choose the one that best serves you.
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The Almighty proves his existence by creating.
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The difference between corporations and governments is governments have a monopoly on force. It's a lot easier to vote with your feet or your wallet than it is to change a government with your vote.
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We’ve been trained to prefer being right to learning something, to prefer passing the test to making a difference, and most of all, to prefer fitting in with the right people, the people with economic power. Now it’s your turn to stand up and stand out.
