Tim Ferriss Quotes
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.
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I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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A newspaperman said, 'You have to have a team in New York.' I replied, 'Who says you have to have a team in New York?' What came out in the papers was a headline that said, Giles Says, 'Who needs New York?' I confess that quote bothered me, and there seemed to be no way to dispose of it. It was repeated again and again.
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Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.
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Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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Vatican II was a force that seized the mind of the Roman Catholic Church and carried it across centuries from the 13th to the 20th.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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Bravo's 'Real Housewives' series isn't just entertainment for devoted fans like me - it's an entire all-absorbing universe of pride and passion.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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I lost interest in firearms because we had a dog that was scared to death of the sound of a rifle shot.
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I guess I'm getting older. I hate to say it, but I guess I am.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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I just try to get along with people and show the love that I would like to be shown to me.
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People often say very, very nice, complimentary things. But I think it's better if you don't take that too much to heart.
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People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves.
