Tim Ferriss Quotes
People feel personally slighted if you don't respond to them in 30 seconds and treat email as instant messenger.
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Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.
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I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily.
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Our country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won't be any America-because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race.
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The first draft of anything is sh*t.
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Today our achievements are so vast that the whole world has become interested in them.
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Rock music is niche.
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Never forget that the most essential fashion accessories, the ones no woman can afford to do without, come from within. A generous heart, a spontaneous smile, and eyes that sparkle with delight can be part of any woman's signature look once she awakens to her authentic beauty.
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More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
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Embrace simplicity…be content with what you have and are, and not one can despoil you.
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When you walk out of your apartment, you think about performing; you do not think about how your opponent looks. So I think the advice from me to everybody is just to go out there and have fun.
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Going into Indianapolis, playing Indiana, I guess bring it on. It's what we've caught at the end of the year, and we've got to try to make the best of it.
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Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given to You; when my shoulders lean against Yours, make me feel Your scourging; when my flesh is united with Yours, in the Holy Eucharist, make me feel Your passion; when my head comes near Yours, make me feel Your thorns; when my heart is close to Yours, make me feel Your spear.
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The war is really about religion. The war's between Jesus and Muhammad. The Christians say Jesus is the messenger. Muslims say Muhammad is the messenger. Who gives a expletive who the messenger is did you get the message?
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Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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And the whole is greater than the part.
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When you're at your own parents' funeral, when you're at somebody that you love's funeral, you realize how precious life is. And you say, "As long as I can walk and I'm healthy, there's always tomorrow."
