Michael Steinhardt Quotes

Speculative joy, the joy derived from being right and being rewarded, may well be similar to the rush felt by a winning gambler.

Michael Steinhardt

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It was the highlight of my life being in the Mae West show, because I saw and did things I never had before.

Joe Gold

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A lot of those good-looking girl parts aren't very fun.

Jennifer Coolidge

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I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.

John Cusack

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I don't believe in very many things, but art is definitely one of them. And at the top of that list, film and art influence our world's culture much more than many of us understand and fully respect.

Megan Ellison

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Rick Owens is my desert island designer. I could live in his clothes alone, and I collect Ossie Clark.

Mia Sara

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As you have more resources in life, it's your obligation to deploy those for the benefit of others.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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I'd get rid of it, just get rid of the draft altogether. We'd just deal with the salary cap.

Stan Van Gundy

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There's a difference... between the kind of woman you would bang and the kind of woman you would marry.

Tom Leykis

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I've always thought things were absurd. It would take a lot more effort for me to see things as reasonable.

Joshua Ferris

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But I think what Liam said just kind of hit it spot on, that the people in the capital are brainwashed and such a disconnect with what's actually happening. They don't realize what if it was their kids that were being put into the games? They just don't have the mindset to have that kind of compassion for people.

Josh Hutcherson

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I had told my agents that I didn't want to do television. I can't believe I had that gall, looking back on it. I would never condescend to do TV, and then 'Taxi' called up for a guest spot in the first season. And my common sense kind of took over, I guess.

Christopher Lloyd

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I don't - you know, I'm very disillusioned with our political system. If we don't wake up in America and realize that we have to vote out of our courage and integrity for candidates who reflect our own beatitudes, and not the beatitudes of the war machine and the corporations, we are - we're doomed.

Cindy Sheehan

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