T. Harv Eker Quotes
For the rich, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.
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Islam means peace.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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I wanted to become a college coach. I got game films of all the good college coaches - Pete Newell at California, Eddie Donovan with St. Bonaventure, Ken Loeffler at LaSalle.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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After briefly considering whether to study biology or medicine, I opted for medicine and initiated my studies at the University of Bonn. The first two years were particularly hard, since I simultaneously decided to attend lectures and courses in biology as well.
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Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time.
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.
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The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.
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Teachers alone can't educate young people.
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You are not a problem that needs solving.
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Both of my sisters have been teachers and they used to say you get asked between 300 and 600 questions every day which you have to answer. That's exactly what directing is. And the vast majority of those questions are not very interesting really, but they need somebody to make a decision - a good one or a bad one - and they follow it.
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Supreme happiness consists in self-content; that we may gain this self-content, we are placed upon this earth and endowed with freedom.
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I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.
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Silence is often advantageous.
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For the rich, it's not about getting more stuff. It's about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want.
