Tim Ferriss Quotes
Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
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You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty competitive? Oh, yes.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
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When I was in college, I used to love to watch football on Sundays.
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I'm by no means condemning prescription medicine for mental health. I've seen it save a lot of people's lives.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all.
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Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union. What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players.
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I loved ninjas when I was younger.
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Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.
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When you're learning, especially to write, unless you're some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating people. You need to be imitating how they make their work, how they structure it, how they design the pieces. It gives you chops; it gives you moves.
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I was doing well in TV as a freelance cameraman, but it wasn't the direction I wanted to go in. I directed videos and tried to put something cinematic in every one. Dialogue, action sequences, helicopter, Steadicam.
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I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.
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A friend of everyone is a friend of no one.
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A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.
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Among the innumerable Footsteps of Divine Providence to be found in the Works of Nature, there is a very remarkable one to be observed in the exact Balance that is maintained, between the Numbers of Men and Women; for by this means it is provided, that the Species may never fail, nor perish, since every Male may have its Female, and of a proportionable Age.
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May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.
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Information is useless if it is not applied to something important or if you will forget it before you have a chance to apply it.
