Burton Malkiel Quotes
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I was raised in Argentina until I was 11 and now I go back there a lot, at least twice a year. It's a country where I feel very comfortable and it represents an important period in my life.
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Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another.
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I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.
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My granny was very concerned that we weren't baptised - Mum had been desperate to escape her own Catholic upbringing. But Granny thought we were blighted. Whenever we turned up at her house, she would flick holy water - from the font she kept by the door - over us, in the hope that it would save us from damnation.
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Unless they're superhuman, nobody's going to look perfect all the time.
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We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.
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Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but 'design for good' is figuring out a program that not only creates better spaces, but creates jobs, creates new industry and really kind of raises the conversation about how we rebuild.
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I myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so I've always felt other.
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None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime.
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If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.
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I told God, 'I don't want a man. I don't want more gold albums. The only thing I want is the love, friendship, and presence of my mother.' And God gave it to me.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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It's always hard to break an independent picture from the pack.
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There's no experience like on-the-job training.
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The health benefits of paid sick days policies are obvious. They prevent the spread of disease. But the impact is wider. If a working mom or dad loses a job because of sickness, the family may slip into poverty.
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To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.
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Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.
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I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.
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Coming to the end of spring / my grandmother kicks off her shoes / steps out of her faltering body.
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I come from an area where it's mostly, like, football and basketball, those are the sports. So my brother started surfing... I used to make fun of him for it, and then he challenged me to do it, and I'm a huge competitor, and I did it ,and I got hooked.
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Pervading all nature we may see at work a stern discipline , which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.
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At least three times a week, I'm approached by someone who says something about 'Fargo.'
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Never buy anything from someone who is out of breath.
