James Altucher Quotes
Mistakes I've made in the past make me afraid to try new things in the future. I want to be perfect.
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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'The Lunchbox' is the kind of cinema that is true to its word and not cluttered or corrupted by some of the mainstream pre-requisites. I love the way I make movies, but there are certain stories that need to be told in a certain way, and 'The Lunchbox' is that movie, and I'm so proud to present this movie.
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One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
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Act because you love to act.
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Virtual reality is a tough sell for a software developer. They have to convince investors that not only are they going to build a good game, which is what they normally have to do, they have to convince them that it's going to be a good game and that virtual reality will be successful.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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It is not easy for me to digest meat. I waste too much energy in digesting meat, and that's why I get my proteins from other products. I like beans and other legume plants very much. I need a lot of 'live' products such as fruit and vegetables.
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I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted.
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Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.
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About the time I turned 50, I experienced the profound biological change that often accompanies women at that age. Also, I put two kids in college and lost both of my parents, so I'm no longer somebody's daughter.
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For myself, I think that those who cultivate wisdom and believe themselves able to instruct their fellow-citizens as to their interests are least likely to become partisans of violence. They are too well aware that to violence attach enmities and dangers, whereas results as good may be obtained by persuasion safely and amicably.
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To go into a competition and not strive to win is to be a dishonest competitor.
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Mistakes I've made in the past make me afraid to try new things in the future. I want to be perfect.
