James Chanos Quotes
The marginal people on the trading desks, there's no skill set. If they don't trade derivatives, I don't know what they can do. The next stop is driving a cab.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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I portray female characters, so I have the opportunity to change the way people look at them. Even if I wasn't consciously doing that, it would happen anyway just because of how I present as a woman, or as a person. I present in a way that's not stereotypical, even if I'm playing a stereotypical role.
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Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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Usually I trundle about in trainers and baggy jeans, looking about as attractive as a potato.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen.
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Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
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You have to make sure you have the right people around you to get the right fights, and you're not guaranteed to get the best fights.
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Whenever y'all are in the store from and y'all are trying to decide whether or not to get something, think if you saw me wear it before or not, and if I have, then it's okay.
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The marginal people on the trading desks, there's no skill set. If they don't trade derivatives, I don't know what they can do. The next stop is driving a cab.
