Tim Ferriss Quotes
There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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Yes, women should be free to cover their faces when walking down the street. But in our schools, hospitals, airports, banks and civil institutions, it is not unreasonable - nor contrary to the teachings of Islam - to expect women to show the one thing that allows the rest of us to identify them... namely, their face.
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The cool thing about my show and me is that I'm a writer, and I'm a writer first if I don't have music.
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If we could, we'd change a lot of things. But the only thing that's going to really change things is money and time. And time might just make it worse, too.
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I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
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I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from.
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The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations.
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You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.
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If the present civilisation does not acquire some stable moral fondations ("bases morales stables", Fr.), its existence will hardly be more assured than that of the civilisations that have preceeded it, and which have fallen (or collapse, or failed).
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If you don't have a unique voice, then you're not really a writer.
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Just why is Yosemite climbing so different ? Why does it have techniques, ethics and equipment all of its own ? The basic reason lies in the rock itself. Nowhere else in the world is the rock so exfoliated, so glacier-polished and so devoid of handholds. All of the climbing lines follow vertical crack systems. Every piton crack, every handhold is a vertical one. Special techniques and equipment have evolved through absolute necessity.
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I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.
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There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
