James Altucher Quotes
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Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.
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Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.
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I'm a big Michael Lewis fan. That said, my favorite Lewis book was 'The Blind Side.'
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I don't need to impress children.
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Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?
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You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible.
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The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
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Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to get attention we do, except walk?
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The same way we can send and receive an email with anyone, anywhere, for free, or we can share a photo with anyone instantly for free, money will become these digital tokens, and we'll be able to do that with money.
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An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.
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It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways.
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I get really saucy after a few drinks. Sexy rude, not obnoxious rude.
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When Peter Gabriel left, we obviously lost a very strong stage performer. Phil hasn't replaced him; Phil's done a different thing.
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The bottom line is I'm a football player, and I played three years of college football, and I produced all three years. I also got better every year, and I just felt like it was time to move on.
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When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people.
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The sitcom's traditional role has been to comfort the viewer who feels burdened by the unreality of American expectations.
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I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is.
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The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept.
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Failure has been correctly identified as the line of least persistence.
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Your persistence is, in fact, the true measure of your belief in yourself and your ability to succeed. Each time that you persist in the face of adversity and disappointment, you build the habit of persistence.
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When I sleep every night, what am I called or not called? And when I wake, who am I if I was not I while I slept?
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I actually felt diminished by watching Donald Trump's. If this is what discourse has become in America, who even wants to know about it? It's just too demoralizing and unsettling.
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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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Quantity and persistence will get you the outcomes you need.
