Cornelius Vanderbilt Quotes
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There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!
Malaika Arora Khan
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Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
Walt Whitman
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
P. T. Barnum
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Frank Capra, Hollywood's Horatio Alger, lights with more cinematic know-how and zeal than any other director to convince movie audiences that American life is exactly like the 'Saturday Evening Post' covers of Norman Rockwell. 'It's A Wonderful Life,' the latest example of Capracorn, shows his art at a hysterical pitch.
Manny Farber
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Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
Victor Hugo
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Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune.
Daniel Boone
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A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
G. Gordon Liddy
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What really interests me is how a woman who has had a bad experience with a man comes through it and gets a new life. I feel you have to be positive. You have to say, 'Look, okay, he's ditched you, but there's life after.'
Kate O'Mara
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I've spent more money on my theatres since I bought them than I did buying them.
Cameron Mackintosh
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Music is everywhere and in everything! I draw my inspiration from the day to day activities of my life!
Kailash Kher
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My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.
Jack Ma
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Reading Epictetus, I realized that most of the pain in my life came not from any actual privations or insults but, rather, from the shame of thinking that they could have been avoided.
Elif Batuman
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Intuit's mission, values, and culture of innovation set us apart as a great place to work. Our 8,000 employees are innovators and entrepreneurs that are inspired by the important work they do that is delighting customers and improving the financial lives of millions of people.
Brad D. Smith
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I have not always held the position I do today on the life issue.
Ken Cuccinelli
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Wickedness frames the engines of her own torment. She is a wonderful artisan of a miserable life.
Plutarch
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I have been insane on the subject of money-making all my life.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
