Tim Ferriss Quotes
I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I've been fortunate to be working mostly right out of school. Every year, there was a little something, and it kept the confidence going. It's about confidence and the belief.
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Do you know what I love about hunting? That I am no one in the woods, no one at all. I thought the animals might recognize me, but they didn't. They did not even ask me for any autographs.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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The 'Outlander' fans are super-passionate.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I don't think that the Grammys are in any way a just way of grading music.
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If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.
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The town I grew up in was at least fifty percent Jewish, so every weekend in the 7th grade, we went to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
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Most reporters are so transactional rather than strategic.
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When I was singing, everybody liked me.
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When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.
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In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.
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Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.
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Certainly after the tragedy in Neil's life, we were holding out hope for his recovery. It wasn't too promising at the time and obviously you get to the point of thinking that that is it.
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With the big publishers, they publish 50 books and promote five.
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The quality of instruction is very high at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. It's not about being a rock star. It's about the fundamentals of music, theory and technique on a particular instrument, and playing in an ensemble or private setting.
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At the end of the day, you have to look at, 'Are they knowledgeable? Are they doing their job?' Not what their appearance is.
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Images contaminate us like viruses.
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How do you 'invest in the future'? By borrowing $188 million every hour. That's what the Government of the United States is doing. It's spending one-fifth of a billion dollars it doesn't have every hour of every day of every week - all for your future!
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I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places.
