Tim Ferriss Quotes
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
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For 120 minutes, 'Birdman' floats from comedy to surrealism to high drama to quiet brilliance. I felt so inspired by watching this movie. It reaches for the sky and never comes back down to earth.
Edgar Wright
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I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.
Park Chan-wook
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We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.
Fay Weldon
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
Lara Logan
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
Randall Terry
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Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.
Rachael Ray
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For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
Yuliya Snigir
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My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
Taylor Swift
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Spanglish is a creative way also of saying, 'I am an American, and I have my own style, my own taste, my own tongue.'
Ilan Stavans
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
Kate Walsh
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Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.
Rachael Taylor
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
Iqbal Quadir
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The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.
Florence Nightingale
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My own conviction is, confirmed by a very close study of parochial registers, that some of the very best blood in England is to be found among the tradesmen of our county towns.
Sabine Baring-Gould
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I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
Taylor Hackford
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This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop such a sensitive attack and will be unable to rule out such a possibility in the future. Precisely this is the background to the United States' military interventions.
Ulrich Beck
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The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.
Victor Hugo
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I played my first match aged six. Neither my opponent nor I knew how to score, so our parents had to help us out from the sidelines.
Laura Robson
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We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.
Barbara Mikulski
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My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature.
Sam Yagan
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For obstacle racing, you wanna be as light, lean, and fast as possible. So, if I lift a lot of weights, I'm gonna be a little bit heavier, which will make it harder for me to hold myself up.
Kacy Catanzaro
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Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
Tim Ferriss