James Chanos Quotes
Bubbles are best identified by credit excesses, not valuation excesses. And there's no bigger credit excess than in China.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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Multinationals are more sensitive to public pressure because they have bigger brand names, and they have made commitments to be environmentally sensitive. Chinese firms are not used to this kind of pressure yet.
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This air we breathe is precious, and the glaciers helped me understand that and stay focused on that.
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I'm definitely a city kid.
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I like Bach. I like Randy Newman.
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In Jiu-Jitsu, every instinct you have wants to do everything but relax or breathe when someone's attacking you, and learning that takes a long time. I think that's why a lot of people stop at blue belt because it's really hard to do. It's hard to take that next step. It took me a long time.
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I just serve others through entertaining. That's when I am happy.
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My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.
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In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.
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An interesting way into the celebrity interview podcast is via their dogs. Celebs may not be keen to let us into their homes, because they don't like us to see how wealthy they are. However, tell them you want to go for a walk on Hampstead Heath with them and their mutt, and they're only too happy.
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I have a girl crush on Olivia Munn so much, especially on 'Newsroom.' And Cara Delevingne, but who doesn't love her face? Viola Davis is my acting crush.
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I worked with a man named Patty Crane who was Errol Flynn's stand-in back in the '30s in Hollywood.
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Many of us have questions about what Trump's positions really are. We want to make sure we are on board with each other.
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I was a theater man, so I was never in the situation of being a handsome Hollywood leading man, and then having to age.
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I try not to have actors in mind when I write because the tendency then is to be influenced by either their last performance or your favourite of their performances.
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I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that's beyond the limits of my own personality.
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Prolonged mimesis of the alphabet and its fragmenting properties produced a new dominant mode of perception and then of culture.
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I love to have my own story, my own path, and forge ahead because my career isn't going to be like anyone else's.
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To be fair, the collection business does have a few good people in it. But it also has those who will lie and make threats.
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Whether I'm speaking to conservative or liberal audiences, I don't find that people are close-minded about the things I say. I'm still optimistic that we can bridge a divide between these various bubbles. But I do think that it requires a little bit of effort.
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Relationships are like bubbles – they’re fragile.
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We've suffered a "Ponzification" of the economy in recent years, as bubbles have built up and then burst, and each time we act as though it's the first time.
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Bubbles are best identified by credit excesses, not valuation excesses. And there's no bigger credit excess than in China.
