Michael Steinhardt Quotes
Good investing is a peculiar balance between the conviction to follow your ideas and the flexibility to recognize when you have made a mistake.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just give it to you rather than sharing it.
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I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.
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I find the whole Blairish idea more and more repugnant every day. 'New Labour': the term itself is so trashy. Kind of ersatz.
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I supported Pat Toomey when he ran in 2010. I gave him money in September of 2009 because I wanted him to be the U.S. senator. I personally contributed my own money.
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'Someone out there is waiting for you for a lifetime. You cannot afford to fail them; failing them is failing God. Remember, God is speaking to you through them, saying: 'They are fatherless, so that you can be their father.' 'They are lonely, so that you can be their companion.' 'They are in want, so that you can be their benefactor.' '
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I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
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I love Tennessee, but they don't have the pine trees and the sandy soil and the black water that I grew up around.
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My December is typically one big, sweaty 'wintry mix' blur, not a punch-laden, heartwarming mixer.
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The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers.
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Though television is a smaller medium than the stage, you can't be afraid to be big.
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I would like to see both parties aggressively compete for the women's vote and talk about what they will do to unleash the economic power of women, to protect women's health, to provide the right policies that provide for real family stability and real family values.
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David Sainsbury has been good for science and good for innovation in the U.K. He has been an outstanding science minister and shown extraordinary passion and commitment to his portfolio.
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I am content. While my shrewd fellows rode about the world to seek and to attain power and wisdom, I have elected, as and unpractical realist, to follow after beauty.
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Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
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I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I think it was the right decision because the Taliban at that point had gotten a lot of momentum before I'd gotten into office, partly because we hadn't been paying attention as much as we needed to to Afghanistan.
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Glorious Sunshine in Newmarket this a.m. No better feeling when perched on the back of a beauty.
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Good investing is a peculiar balance between the conviction to follow your ideas and the flexibility to recognize when you have made a mistake.
