Tim Ferriss Quotes
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What I have found most surprising is the amount of damage we have done to environment in the course of my lifetime - not even five and a half decades.
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We need to make clear the federal government does not have authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without due process or, for that matter, to use lethal force on U.S. citizens on U.S. soil if they don't pose imminent threats.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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If I can put it together, I've got an opportunity to win.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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People stayed with me and worked extra hard for me because I could see the potential in them – I'm not so sure they could see the potential in me.
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Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
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The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always been of the mentality that you have to be able to defend yourself.
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But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
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You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten.
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I think people will believe anything about someone they haven't seen for a while.
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It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
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When I told my parents that I was starting my transition, my Dad said, 'Well that makes so much more sense 'cause I never saw you any other way and now it totally works.'
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Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
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I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music.
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Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.
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I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.
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You can't tell someone they are wrong about their own life.
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Writing is thought crystalized on a piece of paper, which can then be reviewed.
