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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Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.
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I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and with every new novel I try to improve the process of writing.
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Whenever you are out of work, you need to take the opportunity to do things you like to do.
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The flaw of an amateur is to assume what's in our head is what's on the page.
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Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
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The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when [Mormon] Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they knew about difficulties of the Mormon past, but have offered to the Saints instead a mixture of platitudes, half-truths, omissions, and plausible denials.
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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.
