Jesse Livermore Quotes
The desire for constant action irrespective of underlying conditions is responsible for many losses on Wall Street even among the professionals, who feel that they must take home some money every day, as though they were working for regular wages.
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Broadway is really my life.
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I've always been fond of acoustic music.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.
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We believe in freedom, freedom for the people of each country to follow their destiny without external interference.
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Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
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I realised I'd been spoiled at Liverpool. We were used to winning. In Italy I grew up as a person. I didn't enjoy the football, mind. It was very defensive, but I became a better player because of the work I had to do around the box. Off the pitch, I learned about what to eat and what to drink to be successful, and I learned about life.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier.
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Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.
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Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.
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I like to go out and have fun with my friends. I have family, too, so why can't I go out to clubs? I can, and I will.
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It was like falling off a building and suddenly, bang, you hit the bottom. The first time it happened was on an ordinary day at home. I was taking down some curtains. I took one step, turned around, took another step and then I fell and hit my head hard on the rowing machine.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.
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The desire for constant action irrespective of underlying conditions is responsible for many losses on Wall Street even among the professionals, who feel that they must take home some money every day, as though they were working for regular wages.
