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We don't want the thing we're after, we want to be after the thing.
Hours vs. Iterations
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
More ≠ more.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
Realize.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
Creativity before productivity.
Most people are out of touch with reality because they confuse the world as it is, with the world as they think about it, and talk about it, and describe it.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
The world will try and tell you who you are, and you have to tell yourself who you are. There's this ongoing battle, and somehow there needs to be a reconciliation between the two.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
Don't just do something, stand there.
Distraction, focus.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Generalist, specialist.
Done is better than perfect.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
Well done is better than well said.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
More moves and less chat.
Shoot.
An unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
An artist is not paid for labor but for vision.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
The future is already here – it's just not very evenly distributed.
+2 vs. x2
Map ≠ Territory
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
No, it took me my whole life.
The first step is the steepest.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
No great thing is created suddenly.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Experience is up only.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
The obstacle is the way.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
View reading as an investment.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
