Ed Seykota Quotes
Fortune tellers live in the future. So do people who want to put things off. So do fundamentalists.
Quotes to Explore
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When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you should believe' and, over time, you can build up a rapport with your audience.
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I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, and at some point it was inevitable that we would develop a technology that would let us do this.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's Day. If you're married, you can't win on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.
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I have no guitar technique.
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We're just like a regular family.
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I finally bought a gun because I said if I'm going to get it, I'm taking somebody with me.
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There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
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I'm not sure there are too many people who write what I write.
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The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.
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'It was the work of opportunists, crooks, thugs for their own self-gain and interest.'
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What we're saying to people is that every idea about ease-of-use, we can develop in software, for the PC, without asking them to buy new hardware, without asking them to throw away their old applications.
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Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: deliciousness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.
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During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.
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I guess all songs is folk songs. I never heard no horse sing 'em.
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As a new artist, you come out, and there are so many other new artists. It seems like there's a whole wave of new artists that come along every year. In '05, I was part of the crop. It was a lot harder trying to set myself apart from the rest of the pack.
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Each one chooses his or her path to come in contact with the external world. I chose to merge with the environment.
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Fortune tellers live in the future. So do people who want to put things off. So do fundamentalists.
