L. Jon Wertheim Quotes
the pain of losing a dollar is far more powerful than the pleasure of winning a dollar.
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Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, maybe black men and women will follow their example. We have a lot of faith and trust in President Obama because his integrity thus far has shown us a new level of manhood, fatherhood and husbandhood.
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As soon as I get home, all I want to eat is seafood.
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I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'.
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I'm not a negative person.
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The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.
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The labour-power is a commodity, not capital, in the hands of the labourer, and it constitutes for him a revenue so long as he can continuously repeat its sale; it functions as capital after its sale, in the hands of the capitalist, during the process of production itself.
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I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can like only when you are waltzing is a bad waltz.
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What defines a leader is his preoccupation with the future. In his head he carries a vivid image of what the future could be, and this image drives him on.
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Dennis Rodman says North Korea is 'not that bad'. Dennis Rodman is deeply stupid.
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I hope it won’t come as a surprise to anyone that a big part of male homosexual behavior is interest in young boys.
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I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like to help dreamers as they find it difficult to get on in life.
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You cannot be an actor like I am and not have been in some of the worst movies like I have. But I stand before you deeply honored, mighty grateful and just plain gobsmacked.
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One of my most vivid memories of the mid-1950s is of crying into a washbasin full of soapy grey baby clothes - there were no washing machines - while my handsome and adored husband was off playing football in the park on Sunday morning with all the delightful young men who had been friends to both of us at Cambridge three years earlier.
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Sometimes Christians live in a terror of universal obligation: AIDS over here, people to be saved over here, a crushing sense of low-level guilt every day of our lives. Question to ask: Where has God put me right now? I need to say no to a whole bunch of other things because if I don't say no I can't say yes to others.
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I want to be a dominant pass rusher. I think I can do that with my body type and my work ethic.
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Whenever one or more components of a company's business model changes, new business models are created for supporting companies. The changes might involve niches served, new marketing angles or improved value propositions.
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The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.
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As we get older, it's important for us to help hand back some of what we've gained as we've grown older. It should be one of your responsibilities - it's almost like being a mentor.
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Πολλῷ γ' ἀμείνων τοὺς πέλας φρενοῦν ἔφυςἢ σαυτόν. ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τεκμαίρομαι.
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It's a feeling of happiness that knocks me clean out of adjectives. I think sometimes that the best reason for writing novels is to experience those four and a half hours after you write the final word.
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I will! I am! I can! I will actualize my dream. I will press ahead. I will settle down and see it through. I will solve the problems. I will pay the price. I will never walk away from my dream until I see my dream walk away: Alert! Alive! Achieved!
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I'm a better actor now than I ever was, I wish I could have hurried that up, but there's no way. Anyway, I always wanted to be around for a long time. Like a European actor, I hope I live a long time and that I'm acting until I finish.
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Working off one genius sketch is not the way great architecture should be made.
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the pain of losing a dollar is far more powerful than the pleasure of winning a dollar.
