James Surowiecki Quotes
The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated, is inherently risky.
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Drink lots of water and stay hydrated.
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I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?
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Ugh - I wish I could just sit back and watch TV sometimes.
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
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I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
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If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.
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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.
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I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.
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I always hated to throw a guy out of a game but sometimes it was necessary to keep order.
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Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
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I'm on so late I'm definitely the last seconds of anyone's attention. So I just want to give them something dumb to laugh at, so they go, 'That's funny,' then fall asleep.
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The more specific you are, the more universal you are.
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Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much.
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I know a lot of you believe that most people in the news business are liberal. Let me tell you, I know a lot of them, and they were almost evenly divided this time. Half of them liked Senator Kerry; the other half hated President Bush.
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The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated, is inherently risky.
