Molly Bloom Quotes
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The motivations I had for being successful were somewhat dysfunctional.
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Literally, if you weren't the best in the world in my family, it wasn't impressive.
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Being humble got me very far when I went to L.A., because it was in stark contrast to this town of people who were so cutthroat.
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In 2009, my tax returns showed over $4 million.
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I'm finally my dad's favourite because Kevin Costner is playing him.
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I felt invisible in my family, and I wanted to be significant like my brothers were significant. I wanted my parents to pay attention, so I went out into the world with that driving me, that grasping, that seeking validation.
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My father is a psychologist who wouldn't let fear stop us. Particularly with me, he was hell bent on requiring us and teaching us to walk through fear. I don't know if I would've become someone who taps into their ability to push through those tough situations without him.
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Everyone has their dreams and their rise and their own version of a fall from grace.
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I think everyone can relate to that fall from grace - having life change in an instant or having to stand for some of your bad choices, that feeling of 'Nothing is ever going to be good again.'
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When I'm in a hectic crowd of people, I don't feel great. I'm looking over my shoulder. I feel exposed.
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Look at the things you've done and ask for forgiveness. After clearing out that wreckage from the past, you can move forward, in a way, to keep your finger on the pulse.
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I have been hugely successful at times in my life, and I have also been in ruins. But the lessons I learned on the way up were just as valuable on the way down.
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I developed an interesting skill set in that I was able to create a network and create experiences and environment - I built this decadent playground for men. It might have been successful, but it wasn't important. It didn't have any true meaning.
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In terms of my own life and the mistakes I made and the struggles I had, I'm grateful for them. It taught me more than success and opportunity ever did.
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I was bankrolling the games, vetting the players, extending the credit. My life was really stressful.
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Tobey Maguire and I had a tough relationship - it was a tough working relationship. We butted heads, and ultimately, I lost the Los Angeles game because of differences with him. But then I moved to New York and built a bigger game, five times bigger, making more money, and that was pretty exciting.
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I hang out with my grandma, go to sleep at 8:30, and that's it.
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I believe that to get what you want as a woman is to use your brain, to have a job, and to not need someone or have to make decisions based on that.
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Life is about making choices, seeing those choices through, and living through consequences.
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I don't really miss the Hollywood lifestyle.
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After I quit the U.S. Ski Team, there was a fair amount of, you know, grief that follows that, and I just wanted to take a year off. And I had a friend that lived in Los Angeles, said I could crash on his couch. And so I just kind of did the first really spontaneous thing I'd done in my young adult life.
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I believe that refusing to quit and refusing to fail will trump talent and brilliance in the end.