James Surowiecki Quotes
Wall Street has come a long way from the insider-dominated world that was blown apart by the Great Depression.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.
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I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I disagree. You need to write a lot in order to figure out what's good and what's crap.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.
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America is addicted to wars of distraction.
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Lyndon Johnson, his 44-state landslide in 1964 and Great Society notwithstanding, was by 1968 a failed president being repudiated in the primaries of his own party.
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Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel 'out of control' over your entire life? If so, stop lying around doing nothing. Stop sleeping late. Stop watching too much TV. Start recognizing that this lack of a disciplined schedule will only increase your feelings of being out of control of your life.
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There's a joke that I do where I make fun of myself for being bow-legged, and I compare myself to a camel and how a camel walks and sits, and that has become a joke that people - when I deliver that joke, people are in tears.
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In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
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Nothing is guaranteed.
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You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.
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Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them.
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Wall Street has come a long way from the insider-dominated world that was blown apart by the Great Depression.
