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'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.
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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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To add an AC outlet, for example, you just drill a circular hole in the wall, tap into the wiring, add the outlet and you're set. If you don't want it, pull it out and plaster over it with more earth to seal the hole.
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First you give life and action and guidance to ideas, then they take on power of their own and sweep aside all opposition.
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You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold of it and say, "I am already diverse, and I intend to stay diverse." If the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, "I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance." If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
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Karl Popper once advised a student that if he wanted to reap intellectual fame, he should write endless pages of obscure, high-flown prose that would leave the reader puzzled and cowed. He should then here and there smuggle in a few sensible, straightforward sentences all could understand. The reader would feel that since he has grasped this part, he must have also grasped the rest. He would then congratulate himself and praise the author.
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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.
