John Paulson Quotes
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same journey as my protagonist.
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I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.
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It's mad what each generation vilifies. It's not necessarily to do with logic.
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I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
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It seems to me that in the western world, culture has something to do with appearance. A person that's out creating good stuff has got to appreciate someone when they take the time to have an appearance that goes with what they're doing.
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I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus.
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I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.
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Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.
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I like to cook, walk on the beach, go to concerts and look at fine art.
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Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
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I recognize the fact that I don't have one single drop of Japanese blood in my body. But I've always felt half Japanese at heart.
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My favorite wrestler growing up was Dean Malenko. He was a very technical wrestler, and when I trained with Shawn Michaels, he wasn't that kind of a technical wrestler. So, when I finally met Regal in 2001, he was that kind of a wrestler, and all of a sudden, I could ask him things, and he would know what I was talking about and how to do it.
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If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take all of you to Abu Ghraib and turn you over to the soldiers. Maybe there's only one or two of you in this group who was a known associate or had any piece of information that they are trying to exploit.
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Don't focus on weekly or monthly returns.