Kenneth C. Griffin Quotes
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It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.
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I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.
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I'm basically useless in interviews because I don't remember anything. But I find it very peaceful, actually, because I have a sort of busy mind. I'm like, 'This is great!'
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When we announced that we were going to support Bitcoin companies, we became a great lightning rod for activity and fun.
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I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.
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You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.
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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
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I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.
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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
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It's physically hard for me to work. I start to break down, physically. My joints start. I get weepy eyes. I don't sleep well. I was never a hard worker, I guess. So the voiceover work ethic is really great for me - couple days a month, two hours a day.
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The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.
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The great thing I think when you do independents is that people are really there for the same reason. They're not there because they got a lot of money and they want to just go home and get it over with. They're there because they believe in the script or the director or the cast or whatever it is, and they want to make it work.
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I never had a business plan. I did, actually - I'm lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and I did; that was great. And then my second business plan was to get lucky again, and there, I faltered.
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Fear warps our understanding of reality and even our ability to see reality clearly.
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When I look back on my career, I go, 'This is really great, I've played so many different women.'
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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
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Eurasia is the world's axial supercontinent. A power that dominated Eurasia would exercise decisive influence over two of the world's three most economically productive regions: Western Europe and East Asia.
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I was told it might be quite difficult to conceive, so it really was a great blessing when my pregnancy suddenly happened. I had been diagnosed years ago with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which can affect your fertility - but luckily, in my case, it didn't.
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No journey is too great, when one finds what one seeks.
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I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.
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In fiction, it's a big challenge to keep the reader in one place for so long.
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The things that make me happy most are my family and working.
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When 'Iron Man' came out, I said, 'Oh - they are trying to have some fun.' It was a relief because every superhero movie had become so damn serious. Some people love that, but for me, it's a weird thing to watch. A man with a cape can have fun, but I won't listen to a lecture from him.
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