Tim Ferriss Quotes
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
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I think, especially living in L.A., it's very easy to get wrapped up in weekend announcements and the trades and the whole social life of the city, and to get divorced from what actually matters.
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I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
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We can transform the government and the economy, as well as democracy, in Malaysia.
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
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Seeing a full display of humanity involved in space is a game-changer for everyone. We've all looked at the stars; we've all imagined what was going on. Not everyone wants to go, but everyone wants to know what it's like.
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If there is no threat to the lives of the citizens, our tactic will be to not intervene or impede members of the protest in expressing their will freely.
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There's nothing unclassy about being naked, if it's appropriate.
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Music has that ability to be a magical thing, and I was like, maybe music is the vehicle that transports us to that other world.
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Shaving half my head was a look that meant I could go punkier with my style.
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Have you noticed how most directors are either bald or grey-haired?
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Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.
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I would hate to be on a plane every day.
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We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file-sharing networks.
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I am excited when I get a movie and I get to move somewhere for a certain amount of time. But I am a Cali girl.
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When I had a child, everyone was telling me that I was going to see the world through her eyes, and everything was going to get this nice gloss to it. I kept waiting for that to happen, and thought there was a real problem with me that it wasn't.
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Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.
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I've directed independent film.
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For thirty years, we’ve been saying “more cops, more prisons, tougher laws.” Not only hasn’t it really worked in terms of crime, but beyond that the fallout has been so significant.
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I know of no American who starts from a higher level of aspiration than the journalist. . . . He plans to be both an artist and a moralist -- a master of lovely words and merchant of sound ideas. He ends, commonly, as the most depressing jackass of his community -- that is, if his career goes on to what is called a success.
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Just a few words on time management: forget all about it.
