Tim Ferriss Quotes
I didn't even like white wine. Then I tasted it and bought a case. It was the first case of any wine I'd ever bought.
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Americans think Soviets are so grim. I want them to see that they can smile.
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Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
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My last album as J. Tillman, 'Singing Ax,' that was really a premeditated death rattle of the aesthetic precedent I had set. I realized I wasn't creating spontaneously; I was enforcing all these parameters. I was too self-loathing or something, and there was this obvious dissonance between my conversational voice and creative voice.
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My dad was a voracious news consumer. I remember just sitting with my family all the time. I would sit on his lap and read the paper with him. He would read it to me.
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It's amazing, it doesn't feel like it has been 10 years since retirement.
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I've been making some more electronic music, which I really enjoy doing.
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Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
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Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.
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As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
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From a gameplay standpoint, I've said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that's really what I'm interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are.
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I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music.
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I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
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When caught in the clutches of a predator, the jelly produces a light display that is a pinwheel of light that is basically a call for help. It serves to attract the attention of a larger predator that may attack their attacker, thereby affording them an opportunity for escape.
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It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear.
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Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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Inviting people to laugh with you while you are laughing at yourself is a good thing to do. You may be a fool but you're the fool in charge.
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I'm not generally a big solo guy, because I'm not into showing off that way.
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I didn't even like white wine. Then I tasted it and bought a case. It was the first case of any wine I'd ever bought.
