Tim Ferriss Quotes
Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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My first tour I was on the road for 18 months. You're just out there promoting.
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I've always felt that the truth is in the silence.
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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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The relationship between East and West needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture.
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I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an American prison.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you!
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I had an idea when I was 18 or 19 to start tutoring people, like the way that people get tutored in saxophone or guitar, but for production. I really enjoyed it, but I don't have time for that any more.
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I'm personally looking for artists that are along the lines of today's pop stars. Whether it be a Rihanna or a Justin Bieber or a Kanye West or a Beyonce or a Lady Gaga, I'm looking for talent that's like that, that's what I love.
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The movies were custard compared to politics.
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However muted its present appearance may be, sexual dominion obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most pervasive ideology of our culture and provides its most fundamental concept of power.
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Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.
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My dad, Paul, is, like, my best friend.
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Common Core reminds us what testing can do right. Modeled on standards of the world's education superpowers, questions demand critical thinking and creativity. Students are asked to write at length, show their work, and explain their reasoning.
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If it's a big hit, fantastic. If it's not, then it's not. I don't worry about my work.
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I have had work done.
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I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college.
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The great thing about having spent all this time on film sets is that I've been able to watch directors and how they work. I now know that this is what I want to do as well: to tell stories visually. But it's definitely my vision that I want to put across, nobody else's.
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Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile.
