James Altucher Quotes
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Your belief system tends to be a function of how you were raised. Being raised in the Midwest and in a relatively conservative household, my views were shaped by my upbringing, by my Christian faith.
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Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind.
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When you have Candidate A saying the sky is blue, and Candidate B saying it's a cloudy day, I look outside and I see, well, it's a cloudy day. I should be able to tell my viewers, 'Candidate A is wrong, Candidate B is right,' and not have to say, 'Well, you decide.' Then it would be like I'm an idiot.
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Most of the Jewish refugees, stripped of their considerable possessions, came to Israel. They were welcomed by the Jewish state. They were given shelter and support, and they were integrated into Israeli society together with half a million survivors of the European Holocaust.
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I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'
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I want content that is relevant to my life, that is relevant to me, that is set in the real world.
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We spend so much of our lives not feeling but doing, doing, doing, and movies remind us that we are human. That life is all the things we see, and yet there is beauty there. There's a celebration of life and all of its intricacies. Movies are magnificent.
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It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.
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The small visual inconvenience of e-books is made up for with find and search functions, and the fungibility of digital text.
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I work twice as hard as everybody else.
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Being on 'The Following' is constantly flying by the seat of my pants. The story can change and the character can change at a moment's notice.
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I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.
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A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
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So enough with the bigotry and bombast. Donald Trump's not offering real change. He's offering empty promises.
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If you knew Peggy Sue - then you'd know why I feel blueWithout Peggy - my Peggy Sue.Oh well, I love you gal - yes, I love you Peggy Sue.Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue - oh how my heart yearns for you.Oh Peggy - my Peggy Sue.Oh well, I love you gal - yes, I love you Peggy Sue.
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You know, I've read Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' about fifteen times.
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People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
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Food is a big part of my life.
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The question for me was, could TV actually teach? I knew it could, because I knew 3-year-olds who sang beer commercials!
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I think moving from Ireland to Australia, you couldn't get a more different accent on the palate. The Irish accent is very muscular and involves a lot of tongue and cheek-muscle work, whereas the Australian accent is really flat; the palate is quite broad. They're at almost opposite ends of the scale, so I feel it was good training.
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One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.
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I've always been a true believer that if men had babies, nobody would be trying to tell them what they can and can't do with their bodies.
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Am I pushy? Yep. Do I like taking 'no' for an answer when 'no' means New Yorkers aren't going to get something they need? No. Do I push back and crack some eggs? Absolutely.
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Games are all about taking risks.
