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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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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A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings.
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.
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Family is the most important thing: you can't buy them with money.
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I wanted to be a writer that had an impact. I wanted, and still I say the same thing, I want to write books that change people's lives, change how we think and live and read and write. I wanna write books that are read in 50 or 100 years.
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If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight: Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you: Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow: Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway.
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There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
