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Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship QUOTES

Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship QUOTES

1 " The problem is not people being educated. The problem is that they are educated just enough to believe what they've been taught, but not educated enough to question what they've been taught.
~ Author Unknown "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

2 " We are not taught to be thinkers, but reflectors of our culture. Let’s teach our children to be thinkers. ~ Jacque Fresco, Futurist "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

3 " The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and unawaredly enslave themselves.
~ Dresden James, Author "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

4 " you are owned by your shit, which is owned by your debt, which is either owned or profited by a corporation. So you work for a corporation, everything you buy comes from a corporation, everything you watch is produced by a corporation, and the debt you owe is held by a corporation. Ah "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

5 " No one willingly jumps into boiling water; we become suckers to the scheme by comfortably playing in lukewarm water while the heat slowly rises, optimally while showing the latest Hollywood movie while promising free popcorn. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

6 " When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

7 " Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses. ~ Plato, Philosopher "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

8 " In school, failure is a bad thing. Marked by a bloody F and a parental beatdown, failure is admonished. Fail and you’re grounded! No TV, no iPad! Is it any shock that straight-A students make great employees while the C-students are the guys hiring them? The A-students do as they’re told, follow rules unquestioningly and stay within the lines. Meanwhile, C-student and future billionaire Johnny is a ninth grader’s newest BFF—he’s underneath the bleachers selling his older brother’s Playboys at twenty-five dollars a pop. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

9 " As Thomas Edison famously said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

10 " You see, if you’re too plumply entertained in hyperrealistic distraction, you’re no threat—no threat to the paradigms and certainly no threat to the meat grinder awaiting. Just sit back, relax, and focus on your movie because this train is leaving. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

11 " What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. ~ W.H. Auden, "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

12 " Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice. ~ Peter Drucker, Author "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

13 " The world has no shortage of people seeking lounge-chair, remote-control success—they want all that life has to offer—just as long as it comes in comfortable harmony. This young man striving to save his mother from poverty? He’s a force-packing Jedi Knight among a legion of soulless stormtroopers. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

14 " If financial freedom and autonomy are your goals, your beliefs must align with those goals. If they don’t, you’ll either (A) lie to yourself, or (B) sabotage your effort, causing tension and stress. Both make goals unobtainable. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

15 " (M)ediocre, (O)bedient, (D)ependent, (E)ntertained, and (L)ifeless and "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

16 " choose change, and act until echo. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

17 " My opponents seemed to be fluent in genetics, molecular biology, and PhD-level horticulture. Played against me were words like “amitoses,” “auxins,” and “zoea”. After a quick search online, I found the stink’s source: the game is filled with cheaters. Turns out, there are multiple hacks giving *players,* and I use that term loosely, the best word to play given all options. After uncovering the scheme, I could only shake my head in disgust at my fellow humans. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

18 " Want to see how the investment income changes with a change in principal? Simply divide the figures by the change in principal. With a $20M portfolio (twice the principal) just multiply by two: instead of $40,000/month, you’d receive $80,000/month and $1M per year. With a $1M portfolio, divide the results by ten: instead of $40K per month, you’d live comfortably passive on $4,000/month and nearly $50,000/year. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

19 " Recluses won’t find purpose living out their days in a sacred bubble. Partake in commerce, start working out, volunteer, go on a mission. Do freaking something. "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

20 " Has life regressed into paying bills and living for a weekend? "

― M.J. DeMarco , Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship