Tim Ferriss Quotes
Don’t follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.
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Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.
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I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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I was, by the way - I'm an Essex lad, born and raised in Essex in the U.K.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
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I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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It's just difficult to see that people want to be like the actors and the performers and the politicians who are - who they see all the time, but the people that are probably having the most fun are the writers and the directors and the producers and the scientists, right, the people in the back that are getting to do the creative process.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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High-stakes lying is out of control. And it's costing us big bucks in one way or another. It's not simply a matter of quantifying losses in dollars. It's costing us emotionally and psychologically as well.
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I bought a Hummer before I bought a house, and then I bought a house. Every year, everything doubled. The work was doubling. The money was doubling. The popularity was doubling.
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You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to tell me why that car is better and safer than another car.
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You will be what you are, and whatever it is, you will be fine. Everyone has to accept that and love you for who you are; it doesn’t really matter where your heritage comes from
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I had a style before I was signed, but now I'm developing my commercial sound as well as trying to strike a balance between authentic music and music that the masses will love.
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What we aim to do is calm the spirit and get in touch with the source from which everything comes, removing any trace of malice or egotism. If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, you’ll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.
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Don’t follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.
