Warren Buffett Quotes
We're more comfortable in that kind of business. It means we miss a lot of very big winners. But we wouldn't know how to pick them out anyway. It also means we have very few big losers - and that's quite helpful over time. We're perfectly willing to trade away a big payoff for a certain payoff.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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I moved to New York when I was 21 and worked between 40 and 70 hours a week. Then I invested it all. It was really just a hustle. But I was kind of raised to work like that, so to me, it seemed very normal and natural.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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Boyfriends? Psh, like I've got time for that!
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It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
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I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.
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One of the most important decisions you'll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.
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The one thing you can control is effort.
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The personal computer can be a virtual device.
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Phone networks can capture life on our planet.
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It's patently impossible for a Muslim character to represent 'all Muslims.'
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The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.
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When you get lucky, as I did getting to work on a series of amazing films, one of the drawbacks career-wise is that the image of you at 10 or 12 or whatever is burned into people's minds for a long time.
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I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money.
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I don't believe that fashion should exclude people - I have always been about making it accessible to everyone.
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I'm an extrovert, I like to gesticulate and talk loud and stuff, and the theater is easy for me.
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Our children give us the opportunity to become the parents we always wished we'd had.
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We're more comfortable in that kind of business. It means we miss a lot of very big winners. But we wouldn't know how to pick them out anyway. It also means we have very few big losers - and that's quite helpful over time. We're perfectly willing to trade away a big payoff for a certain payoff.
