Tim Ferriss Quotes
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about anything. Shut up and sit in the corner. I mean, seriously!
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
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Growing up, I had a terrible pudding-bowl haircut. I used to cut it myself, and I'd sew my own clothing, too. I looked a little strange compared to the other kids. But the thing was, I felt I looked amazing, so what other people thought never bothered me.
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I always played sports when I was young. I played football and baseball for eight years. I loved football.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one.
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Why change? If you're happy, and things are going really well at one place, there is no need to change.
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Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination.
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He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
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I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.
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What is done can never be undone.
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Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it's not as enjoyable; that's survival.
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Infrastructure investments lead to jobs. And quality of life starts with a good job.
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This is the way I look at sex scenes: I have basically been doing them for a living for years. Trying to seduce an audience is the basis of rock 'n roll, and if I may say so, I'm pretty good at it.
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Most people are good at a handful of things and utterly miserable at most.
