Barry Ritholtz Quotes
If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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Girls love guys who dance, and I'm definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don't hold back when it comes to dancing.
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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To be a liar, you've got to have a great memory, and I don't have a memory.
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I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.
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When I was growing up, hand washing was a ritual, but now it's a necessity. A child dies every 15 seconds from preventable causes, which has got to stop.
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If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.
