Tim Ferriss Quotes
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Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.
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I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.
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It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.
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I was about to say, 'Avoid fame like the plague,' but you know, they can cure the plague with penicillin these days.
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If I see an ending, I can work backward.
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My advice on firing is simple: Treat that person the same way you'd want to be treated if you were in that situation. They're still a good person, just not the right fit. So how do you help them move on in a productive way that allows them to maintain their dignity?
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Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?
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I decided to make 'Captain America' because I realized I wasn't doing the film because it terrified me. You can't make decisions based on fear.
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I would tell any aspiring designer to take the time to experience everything they can to really get a feel for what direction they want to go in. And most importantly, let your passion and your gut lead you.
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If you're climbing big routes that'll take you 16 hours, or, like, El Capitan, you have to take something like a big, robust sandwich. Climbing isn't like running or triathlons, where you have to constantly be eating blocks, gels, and pure sugar. Climbing is relatively slow, so you can pretty much eat anything and digest it as you climb.
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Everyone should have cancer one time - then you'd know that other things aren't important. The guy that gives you the finger at the stoplight don't mean nothing anymore. You come home and something's cold, or you didn't get something in the mail. Big deal. You want to get up every day and see your family and your friends.
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I do honestly believe that, in the 21st century, sport is the most significant cultural element in this imperfect world. It calls for serious attention.
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I'm one of those people who fiercely guards their privacy, so I hate doing interviews.
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I am very aware that there are many of you who have friends and loved ones in the areas affected by this storm who have been displaced or who have not yet been accounted for.
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I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.
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Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
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Makeup is cool. I mean, you can turn up and feel really good and treat yourself, but it shouldn't be something you hang on to to validate your beauty or something you have to do to make you feel beautiful.
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A president cannot grow a long-term lack of trust in someone with whom they had full confidence the day before.
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My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.
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The unique innovation of the phonetic alphabet released the Greeks from the universal acoustic spill of tribal societies. (p. 70)
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It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
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No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.
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The thesis that the universe has an originating divine cause is logically inconsistent with all extant definitions of causality and with a logical requirement upon these and all possible valid definitions or theories of causality.
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Simplicity requires ruthlessness.
