Jesse Livermore Quotes
My main life lesson from investing: self-interest is the most powerful force on earth, and can get people to embrace and defend almost anything.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
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I trained in medicine in India, and after that, I chose psychiatry as my specialty, much to the dismay of my mother and all my family members who kind of thought neurosurgery would be a more respectable option for their brilliant son.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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I love cities, and I love city governments in particular. But in politics it would have taken me 8 years from implementing a policy before I would get to see the feedback. With programming I could model the same policies and see the impact immediately. Technology is a far more efficient way to test.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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I wish I had Wonder Woman's magic lasso like her to make people tell the truth.
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When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.
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If people don't know who you are, they're not going to listen to your message. And not everybody pays attention to politicians by watching Fox News and CNN.
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But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.
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When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
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My main life lesson from investing: self-interest is the most powerful force on earth, and can get people to embrace and defend almost anything.
