James Altucher Quotes
I've had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes just because I hated everyone in my old career or they hated me.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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I've never been a partier.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
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The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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The natural enmity between leaver and left is like the absolute, immediate and always shifting hostility between driver and pedestrian.
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The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out.
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You tax Mexico? The president of the United States is going to tax Mexico to get a wall for the United States of America? I'm pointing out the absurdity of a lot of these comments.
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I think women have to change their hairstyle from time to time.
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Like a lot of young lads who dreamt about being a singer, I was a massive fan of Robbie Williams and couldn't believe my luck when, not only did I get to meet my idol, but sing with him, too.
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Certainly, light fiction exists and encompasses mysteries or second-class romance novels, books that are read on the beach, whose only aim is to entertain. These books are not concerned with style or creativity - instead they are successful because they are repetitive and follow a template that readers enjoy.
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I'm really scared of flying. Like, really, really, really scared.
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It is by suffering that human beings become angels.
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I wasn't scared of childbirth. I educated myself and did my fair share of research, and that made me feel a little more prepared.
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One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.
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I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, 'That's not really possible because there is not that much Broadway. So I'll send you out on TV and stuff like that.'
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It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their bad karma and they must have hurt a child in a past life.
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I've had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes just because I hated everyone in my old career or they hated me.
