Philip Roth Quotes
Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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I still get mad. I still get upset. But I let it go more quickly.
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference.
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We had many good directors - John Carpenter, Brian De Palma - but things have become polluted by business, money and bad relationships. The success of the horror genre has led to its downfall.
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Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.
