David Einhorn Quotes
We take the traditional value investor's process and just flip it around a little bit. The traditional value investor asks 'Is this cheap?' and then 'Why is it cheap?' We start by identifying a reason something might be mispriced, and then if we find a reason why something is likely mispriced, then we make a determination whether it's cheap.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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If I read a scary story in the newspaper, I find I'm haunted by it.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
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The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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No one is so terribly deceived as he who does not himself suspect it.
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I am not gay. I never have been gay.
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Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit.
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The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?
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I went to Wellesley College, and it was really hard for me to get a job after I graduated. I would go into places where I would not see any black people at all in Boston - like, zero. And then in publishing in New York City, it was pretty much the same. I knew that it wasn't about the value of my work.
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We take the traditional value investor's process and just flip it around a little bit. The traditional value investor asks 'Is this cheap?' and then 'Why is it cheap?' We start by identifying a reason something might be mispriced, and then if we find a reason why something is likely mispriced, then we make a determination whether it's cheap.
