Peter Lynch Quotes
Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.
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And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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Is the button white or orange or green or yellow? Does it say 'sell', or 'sell now', or 'on sale' or 'for sale'? You test, you test, you test and most of the ideas you try fail and so I would argue I failed my way to success.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.
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Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
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When you're bullied in high school, even if it's the smallest amount, or you're actually tortured, I feel like everybody carries that with them. They always think of that one person who treated them badly in high school.
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I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far under $5 million, but it's just by necessity that it ends up being that way.
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Being evil is easy.
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A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they're accustomed to rejecting at home.
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It's not like I didn't do anything for 10 years and chose a new profession. I've been on the ice a lot. I'm not an outsider.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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I always said to myself that the minute I thought I'd slipped, and not be the player I wanted to be, it was time for me to go.
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Guys usually like a very natural look. I think it's bad idea to wear a strong lip on a first date - or for the first few dates. I'm always too nervous he'll kiss it off - if I'm lucky enough to get a kiss! I also think soft, sexy hair is important.
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Sometimes I feel very alone. I am a bit of a nomad. Many people in sort of emerging countries, emerging economies, find themselves displaced. So there is that sense, and so I'm part of a whole, I think, group of displaced people.
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Unless we can join forces and recognize each other's humanity, how can we do business together, let alone make progress on the increasingly complex and difficult problems in society?
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Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.
