James Altucher Quotes
Poker is a charismatic game. People who are larger than life play poker and make their living from playing games and hustling.
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I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them.
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I have a great office.
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Television has shied away from being too dark, because so much has happened to us recently here in the West, and people are sort of wanting to see more uplifting sorts of things.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
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I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.
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As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
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Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.
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The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
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The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.
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My mom always said that if the Protestants catch a Catholic in their church, they feed them to the Jews.
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A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Was the Soviet Union reformable? I would say no. They said, 'Okay, the Soviet Union isn't working.' They would say, 'No, it's great. We just need democracy, political pluralism, private property.' And then there was no Soviet Union. The European Union is the same.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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The ratings board is completely different when it comes to film versus the television arena.
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I kind of blossomed backwards. I got cancer, fell in love and have a magical life. I never imagined it would happen that way, but you just go with the flow, right?
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She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy.
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Poker is a charismatic game. People who are larger than life play poker and make their living from playing games and hustling.
