Dan Eldon Quotes
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Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.
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Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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People are getting careers from YouTube and uploading videos. And they're totally different - you can't necessarily be funny on a video, and then all of a sudden you're live in a theater. You don't have the tools yet. It's a lot more involved to go from being funny on a little iPhone screen to being live in front of people and being funny.
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On the national security front, Rick Santorum is superior to any candidate I know.
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A hedge fund manager whose clients demand monthly performance reports has different needs than any individual investors with a 20-year time horizon. The needs of that long-term investor differ markedly from someone who is retiring in three years.
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I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.
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In traditional societies, we have a long legacy of men controlling the body and mind of women. Such societies have valorised motherhood and fabricated concepts like chastity. Women have been the victims of these notions for thousands of years.
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I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film, and the only important thing is that we keep trying to make ourselves heard and keep making our films, no matter what the climate is.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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You always need younger guys if you're going to be successful in the long term.
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Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.
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What is cool today is not going to be cool tomorrow, and what wasn't cool yesterday is going to be cool tomorrow.
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I decided a long time ago to be unfiltered and wholly myself in these areas of social media. I've been very happy with the results of this decision. I feel that I get lots of interaction and loyal support. So I'm grateful for my Twitter and Facebook followers every day.
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I don't separate things out between what's personal and what's my work. My passion is personal.
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If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?
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A risk for a poet-novelist is imbalance: The poems can flatten into prose or lose their intensity of focus; the novels can stall amid lofty writing or literary preciousness and ignore the engine of plot and character.
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China's got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain't right.
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Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful idiots are always asking, "What's in it for me"?
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Buddhism talks about the possibility of transforming greed, hatred, and delusion. But sometimes need turns into greed.
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A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.
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Being the number one pick was a great opportunity and meant a lot to me.
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There is little difference in being lost and exploring.
