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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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
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But the most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly and with unflagging attention. It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over. Here, as so often in this world, persistence is the first and most important requirement for success.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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The chips are in production, the machines aren't. So we've got a little bit of work left to do.
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Quantity and persistence will get you the outcomes you need.
