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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Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.
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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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No persons professing to be Christians should enter the marriage relation until the matter has been carefully and prayerfully considered from an elevated standpoint, to see if God can be glorified by the union.
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I love driving; driving along the California coastline is the best drive in the world.
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Because of who I am, when I sit at a poker table, I meet people who engage me in conversation, not only about poker, but also about the movie business and about the world of celebrities.
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It is ridiculous ever to forget that you and your business are each implanted in the society of the moment. We cannot ignore the world of our time. We had better understand it.
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I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied.
