James Altucher Quotes
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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I will do today what others won't so I can do tomorrow what others can't.
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I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
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I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I want to have a career in 10, 20 years, so it's harder now, and maybe more stressful now, but in the future, hopefully it will all pay off.
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I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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It's, like, sort of a dream thing for an actor when they're told to gain weight.
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My great-grandfather played organ for silent movies. Talkies in, Gramps out.
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Liberace - or Lee, as us friends called him - was great. He was gay, you know.
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Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea.
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I strongly disapprove of torture and have never and would never provide assistance in its process.
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How great is it to just rest and be happy and not move when you don't have to.
