Kenneth C. Griffin Quotes
I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Being evil is easy.
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I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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I spent ten years riding motorcycles.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses.
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Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
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Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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I grew up in Decatur, Georgia. We had three boys in the household; actually, it felt like four of us. My pops sort of raised my uncle, too. So, it was four boys and, later, a younger sister.
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.
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There is an institutional cynicism that causes reporters to question everything the President says, and the motives of everything the President and his Administration try to accomplish.
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Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men - particularly if they are married - knows how absurd is the idea of a worldwide secret conspiracy consciously controlling all mankind by its financial power; in real, clear analysis.
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I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied.
