Tim Ferriss Quotes
There is a direct correlation between am increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
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Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be.
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.
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My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.
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Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
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Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.
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I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.
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I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!
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I want to do stories that inspire people.
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Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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I wouldn't want a manicure. I'm a man's man!
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It's all in how you look at your life, because no one has a wonderful life. But you can make it what you want it to be.
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Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
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I've always been obsessed with style and glamor and if I want anyone to get anything out of my book, it's how we can all have them in our lives.
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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.
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Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
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The Qur'an is God's property, not mine.
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What is defeat? Nothing but education. Nothing but the first step to something better.
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The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!
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There is a direct correlation between am increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want.
