Derek Sivers Quotes

A work-only zone does wonders for your productivity. So, I prefer working at the office now. I spend 8 focused hours there, then I go home to be present with my family.

Derek Sivers

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FamilyHomePresentGoNowFocused

I was reared in a Jehovah's Witness household. I was taught that every man should be judged by his deeds and not his color, and I firmly stand where my grandmother left me.

Jill Scott

ManMeColorStandGrandmotherLeft

You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.

John Barrymore

YourselfYouDrinkFloatDrown

Marketing is not bragging, and touting one's wares is not evil. The baker in the medieval town square must holler, 'Fresh rolls!' if he hopes to feed the townfolk.

Jeffrey Zeldman

EvilMarketingFreshSquareBragging

I just know that all my fans who are with me and going along for the ride, that's what means the most to me.

McKayla Maroney

RideMeKnowFansGoingAlong

I don't just want to be that guy who throws hard.

Matt Cain

WantHardGuyJustWhoThrows

I have never been embedded with the American army or, you know, with the big war machine.

Janine di Giovanni

WarAmericanArmyYouKnowNever

To me, a sex scene in a movie generally means a gratuitous scene that doesn't serve the story but gives a kind of excuse - we've got these two actors, we want to see them naked, so let's bring in the music and the soft light.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

MusicLightMeStorySexKind

I'd love to win trophies, be in movies, have a body of work I'm proud of and find a way to enjoy it along the way. Success is probably a more of a complicated thing than that.

Demetri Martin

WorkLoveSuccessWinProudEnjoy

Above these universal themes 'Truth Will Set U Free' is also a song composed for those who were born gay. I am a straight man so I do not profess to understand or know what a LGBT person experiences but I do recognize injustice when I see it.

Corey Hart

TruthManI AmSongFreeInjustice

On time is 10 minutes late.

Anthony Hitt

TimeLateMinutes

The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it.

Alma Gluck

ArtDoingHelpArtistRealReason

Japan functions on the basis of everyone sharing certain assumptions, where each person knows his part in a larger whole. The foreigner sits outside and is threatening. If he comes in, that's the most threatening of all.

Pico Iyer

AssumptionsPersonSharingOutside

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