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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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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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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David Lynch helped me be cool.
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I do get stopped a bit now and then, but I can go to the supermarket and on the Tube without being noticed. It's usually me that gets starstruck, especially by TV stars.
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The first thing I look at with a project isn't who's directing, whether it's a big film; it's the character and whether I want to tell her story.
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I had given up around 1950 any ambition of making a career as an artist.. .I had lost all interest in the art shown in galleries and museums, and I no longer aspired to fit in that world. I loved the paintings done by children, and my only desire was to do the same for my own pleasure.
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A great man may not do great things but they do ordinary things greatly.
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I like to save my money for buying houses.
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One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.
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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.
