Tim Ferriss Quotes
I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.
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These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.
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I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.
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I don't care about what people might call my style. It's just like when people call my music 'jangly,' 'dream,' 'oceanside,' whatever - I don't care. I'm just wearing whatever I can scrap together.
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The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.
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For me, I've been known as a very well-rounded fighter, and I think that's really important, that you're well rounded and comfortable in every situation that a fight can go. A lot of people focus on just one discipline, and when they get out of that, they're in a difficult position.
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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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It's good to be difficult to know. Too many people are too easy to know.
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Obviously, you don't have to be religious to be moral, and beastly people are sometimes religious.
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The day that you walk out in front of 30,000 people and don't get nervous is probably the day to give it up. It's inspiring to be a little terrified.
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I am a five-foot six-inch, dark, ordinary-looking man. People didn't imagine that I would make it.
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There have been so many great tournaments that I've been privileged to see, and people paid me to go watch, that I'm awfully grateful for it.
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A lot of people, sometimes they're so stuck on, 'I gotta get married, I gotta get married.' They forget that the really important thing is to have a healthy home, a healthy family, a healthy environment for your kids and to have everything going in a good, peaceful way.
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There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer.
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I used to trade stocks online, and I kind of felt gross, like, all I'm doing is making money off other people's creativity, and I'm not creating anything myself.
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It's very exciting to be able to just work in this business, let alone on stuff you are extremely proud of. So it does make me a little nervous, because 'Breaking Bad' is so special. It's great being part of something so great because people pay attention to you, hopefully because you're doing good work.
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A lot of times, people find themselves in a meeting where the primary purpose is to receive information, and that's a poor use of people's time. Those meetings can be easily dispensed with and can be an email instead that people read in their own time.
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The green economy should not just be about reclaiming throw-away stuff. It should be about reclaiming thrown-away communities. It should not just be about recycling things to give them a second life. We should also be gathering up people and giving them a second chance.
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You'd be surprised how many people want to hang an electric chair on their living-room wall. Specially if the background color matches the drapes.
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The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.
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Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays.
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Life is wonderful beautiful journey. Every episode of my life is like a dream, and I am at peace and happy with what life has given me.
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Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live.
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Your emotions are nothing but biochemical storms in your brain and you are in control of them at any point in time.
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I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.
