Whitney Tilson Quotes
Independent thinking is not just helpful in becoming a successful investor, it’s required.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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Economic growth and human development need to go hand in hand. Human values need to be advocated vigorously.
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I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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Novelists who pretend to understand what keeps them scribbling are really just guessing. A profound, unmet childish need to be acknowledged? Maybe. It hardly matters, though. The termite that asks itself why it keeps chewing risks becoming sluggish and inefficient, as does the writer who grows self-conscious in the middle of chapter five.
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I was miserable the entire time I was Vanity. I spent so many days and so many nights crying, hating who I'd become.
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When you really need help, people will respond. Sincerity means dropping the image facade and showing a willingness to be vulnerable. Tell it the way it is, lumps and all. Don't worry if your presentation isn't perfect; ask from your heart. Keep it simple, and people will open up to you.
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I was blessed with a good character in 'Hollyoaks,' and I cut my teeth in 'Brookside' as well.
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We absolutely need to reform the Congressional budget-writing process.
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I used to get so nervous and upset at stuff... I'd always be angry.
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Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.
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At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger.
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I really love research. It's one of the things I love most about my job. I feel like it's me in the lab cooking up the character.
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'The Third Man,' directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene, is, quite simply, one of the finest movies ever made.
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I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college.
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I've never been more motivated to be No. 1 in the world. I've never been more motivated to try to extend that lead from one to two. All the hard work that I've put into my game right now has paid off, but I've got to keep working hard to win as much as I can.
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Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.
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Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.
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As an audience member, I live vicariously through the characters I watch or read about. There's something very relatable about comic-book characters. They're never perfect. They're flawed people put in extraordinary circumstances.
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Cæsar said to the soothsayer, 'The ides of March are come;' who answered him calmly, 'Yes, they are come, but they are not past.'
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Independent thinking is not just helpful in becoming a successful investor, it’s required.
