Didier Sornette Quotes
Since it is the actions of investors whose buy and sell decisions move prices up and down, any deviation from a random walk has ultimately to be traced back to the behavior of investors.
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real self and, at the same time, to assign to him my own life trajectory.
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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. That's good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.
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Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States - old as well as new - North as well as South.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me, 'Don't worry, you're going to be a late boomer.' That's what she said to me, and I've always held that thought.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court – that's what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn't put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems.
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It was just one of those moments in the universe that was mine.
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Congratulation, n. The civility of envy.
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Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.
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Getting snail mail is one of my favorite indulgences, and I think receiving mail is actually a common joy.
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The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty.
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When the kids were young, they just wanted to be around us. We were units of comfort and support. As they get older, we work the turnstile, helping the exasperated customer pass whatever temporary obstacle is keeping them from their next exciting thing. Now we're the ones who just like having them in the room.
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Since it is the actions of investors whose buy and sell decisions move prices up and down, any deviation from a random walk has ultimately to be traced back to the behavior of investors.
