Alexander Elder Quotes
Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds.
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John Green was on the set of 'The Fault In Our Stars' the entire time, which is amazing! Wouldn't you want John Green on set the entire time?
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My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
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I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.
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There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
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I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
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Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a well-known brand or anything.
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The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.
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Everybody wants to have a partner; everybody would love to have a family, and for trans people, sometimes that can be extraordinarily difficult to do.
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Yes, in the commercial world there's room for both McDonald's and Whole Foods, but in the realm of politics, we're told, it's either Filet-o-Fish or line-caught salmon: only one can prevail - and which is up to you.
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I've quite often written tweets that I think are across that line, but I just delete them.
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Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.
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In L.A., you tend to see a lot of people do very bizarre things. I love it.
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I will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term.
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I learned how important physical conditioning is. I learned how to focus on an objective in spite of all kinds of hazards. I learned how to deal with stress, too.
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I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down. I didn't fit in, and I felt like a freak.
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So in the act of giving, we distinguish ourselves from ourselves. In giving, we give ourselves and still remain ourselves.
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The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.
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My kids and I live like three fun-loving hermits. We're quite bohemian.
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Talk about a struggling artist having to work against enormous odds ... But I love movies so much, so I'm going to do it.
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Amateurs look for challenges; professionals look for easy trades. Losers get high from the action; the pros look for the best odds.
