Tim Ferriss Quotes
Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?"
Quotes to Explore
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Learn from your dreams what you lack.
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When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passive and kind of accept whatever is offered you, or to be active and to learn about your disease, and understand your options, and be an active partner with your doctor. That's the course I took with all three of my cancers.
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Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
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The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.
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I used to be really insecure about my self-education. I'm definitely always learning. But there's many ways to learn. There are many, many ways to always be a learner.
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L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level.
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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I want simply to learn about the world and live freely.
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It's tough, but you learn your lesson from all the mistakes you make.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks when you're not looking.
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I love people, watching people interact. It's a lot of psychology. We learn about ourselves by watching other people's lives on the screen.
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Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.
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Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn. It's just in me.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don't learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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I had no idea what modeling entailed and what an agency was. It was crazy. As I continued to do it, it was fun for me to learn everything from A to Z.
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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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When you come through a business education, a lot of what they teach you is to make decisions through analysis, and logic and rationale, and I'm a big believer in that. But I also believe in the power of instinct. The truth is you're never going to have a perfect answer or view of how it is going to work.
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Insider trading by hedge funds has a long and distinguished history, dating to the days when people didn't know that there was such a thing as a hedge fund.
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It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to dig into the truth and meaning of the world in which he himself lives; and what he creates, or better perhaps, brings back, are the objective results of his explorations. The measure of his talent--of his genius, if you will--is the richness he finds in such a life's voyage of discovery and the effectiveness with which he is able to embody it through his chosen medium.
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'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Learn to ask, "If this is the only thing I accomplish today, will I be satisfied with my day?"
