James Altucher Quotes
Poor speakers create an artificial divide between themselves and the audience. They feel they need to do this in order to establish their own credibility.
Quotes to Explore
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There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
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No foreigner has a place asking another people, another country, to change their constitution.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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After graduating high school, Betty attended the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, the alma mater of both her parents. My mother relocated to New York because she refused to accept the oppressive racism of the Jim Crow south.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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How the snow falls in the north! Flake on flake falling incessantly, until the small dingles are almost on a level with the uplands. It throws itself on the leaves of autumn, and holds them down in security from the strongest winds.
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Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.
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Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with my music. I want to earn my stripes.
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It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.
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The price of diamonds can vary greatly depending on size, cut, color, and other factors, including whether they have a history. But because of the rarity of blue boron diamonds, they often fetch more money than gems of similar quality.
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Every time you do a big sword fight surrounded by a couple of hundred extras, it's a fun day at work.
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I'll be blunt: Money's gotten buggy.
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And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult woman can show more than the small kids.
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At least I had that, one guy understood me.
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Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.
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People said, ‘You must be mad, or on drugs,’ which I found a bit disappointing. What about imagination? It reflects our time that people sooner assume you’re on drugs or mad, rather than free.
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somewhere about the eighteenth century, history tacitly replaced religion as the school of public morals.
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Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main plot and a small subplot that feeds in a twist or an unexpected piece of business that ads crunch and flavor to the story as a whole.
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Every participant had the opportunity to build relationships to help them grow and create wealth.
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Poor speakers create an artificial divide between themselves and the audience. They feel they need to do this in order to establish their own credibility.
