Tim Ferriss Quotes
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell.
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You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
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As we began working toward the finale of 'Lost,' I knew there was no possible ending that was going to be universally loved, and I accepted that. We ended the story the way we wanted it to end, and we stand by it. On my Twitter feed, I still get ten to fifteen positive comments for every negative one.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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Bono told me how to dance in high heels and he also told me about U2's Glastonbury performance and how everything that could have possibly gone wrong went wrong, including him ripping his trousers on stage. I think he was lunging and his trousers ripped! He was telling me how he had to find a new way of performing that didn't involve moving.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised.
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Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.
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There is no such thing as going on to something bigger and better than 'M*A*S*H' because there is nothing bigger and better. I have done the best I can do, and been in the best I could be in on television - with the best people.
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When you have your best stuff, it's a lot easier to pitch.
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I've gone to school for business, for design, for architecture.
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I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.
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The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ.
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Some days I'll have good starts, and some days I'll have bad starts. I'm really focusing on having more good starts than bad starts, and I traditionally do. But I would hate to make it all the way to the Olympics and have a bad starting day.
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I might get drunk one day and fall in love or fall over a hooker outside, and I would have consummated a relationship that I couldn't necessarily believe in.
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In antiquity, a woman might be an object of worship or desire, but never of love.
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More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that's more like a spice.
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Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
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Sometimes you need to go on a low-information diet.
