David Perell @david_perell
"The Writing Guy" | Jesus-Follower | I tweet about writing and creativity | My writing school: https://t.co/bzeQ7VVyS0 | My writing: https://t.co/SOE9HtxXdi linktr.ee/davidperell Austin, Texas Joined January 2011-
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What’s the best sentence or paragraph you’ve ever come across?
The meaning of Dostoyevsky’s “the idiot” is that belief is more important than intellectualized knowledge. Knowledge that is purely philosophical and held by the rational faculties without being embodied is useless. The most morally in-tune character can lose every debate and…
yes, simplicity is the ultimate sophication, but first you need allow yourself to work through the messiness of sophiscation
yes, simplicity is the ultimate sophication, but first you need allow yourself to work through the messiness of sophiscation
In high school, I played in a golf tournament with Bryson DeChambeau who’s since become one of the world’s top golfers. He smoked me. He had overwhelming natural talent. That day, I learned that there are certain things I’d never be world-class at no matter how hard I tried — a…
Tucker Carlson: No email, no TV, no Internet.
Over-complicating everything is a sure sign that you’re stuck in your head. The mind wants to grand schemes and elaborate systems. It loves tedious itty-bitty details that end up being a distraction from the main point. But true wisdom is almost always simple & straightforward.
This is so true, and a really cool thing I’ve learned recently from those in the comedy business. These pros test all their stuff at the small clubs before they get to arena-like tours. Really, really cool.
This is so true, and a really cool thing I’ve learned recently from those in the comedy business. These pros test all their stuff at the small clubs before they get to arena-like tours. Really, really cool.
The meteoric rise of Dwarkesh is a reminder that no matter how crowded the space, there’s always room for people who do great work. There’s a trillion podcasts out there but his is going gangbusters because it’s so darn good.
The meteoric rise of Dwarkesh is a reminder that no matter how crowded the space, there’s always room for people who do great work. There’s a trillion podcasts out there but his is going gangbusters because it’s so darn good.
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@david_perell Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards — Kierkegaard
@david_perell And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music
@david_perell It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
@david_perell what matters in life is not whether we receive a round of applause; what matters is whether we have the courage to venture forth despite the uncertainty of acclaim. - Amor Towles
@david_perell “The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the…
@david_perell from shulgin’s lab notebook the first time he took mdma. we’re capable than feeling better than we think we are
@david_perell “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
@david_perell The sons of Hermes love to play, And only do their best when they Are told they oughtn't; Apollo's children never shrink From boring jobs but have to think Their work important. – W. H. Auden, Under Which Lyre
"How to Start Google" (paulgraham.com/google.html) was a talk at my older son's school. It was one of a series of talks about careers. I just heard the students voted it the best one, and I'm happier than if I'd won some prestigious award.
Feels like a perfect night to post Roelof Botha’s 2005 YouTube memo to the Sequoia Investment Committee, made public as part of the Viacom/YouTube lawsuit One of the great pieces of business/investing writing and tech lore shadesofgraylaw.com/wp-content/upl…
strong opinion strongly held: if two people are meeting up for coffee, one person should pay for both
@david_perell “I had to learn to think, feel and see in a totally new fashion, in an uneducated way, in my own way, which is the hardest thing in the world. I had to throw myself into the current, knowing that I would probably sink. The great majority of artists are throwing themselves in with…
@david_perell “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” ~Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
@david_perell Two quotes spring to mind: 1) "We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” — Seneca 2) “Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” — Mowlana (aka Rumi)
@david_perell "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
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