James O'Shaughnessy Quotes

If you look back to the most spectacular blow ups in history, you can always tie them to a couple things: They were extraordinary complicated strategies that maybe even the practitioners themselves didn't understand, and they were overleveraged.

James O'Shaughnessy

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If you are not emotionally involved, your client is not getting your best effort.

Joe Jamail

BestEffortYouInvolvedClient

If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas.

John Podesta

PeopleTexasPoliticalResultYou

Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate.

Stanislav Grof

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I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.

Sia

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My goal is just to become a better comedian.

Ron White

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If I can bring some light to bear on problems like that, I feel that people will be enlightened not only on the question but also on a way of approaching such questions.

Marvin Harris

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Now I have children of my own. They ask their mother what will I be. Will I be handsome, will I be rich?

Jay Livingston

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Always, for me, when I am dealing with subjects related to my country that are very emotional, I have to find the right tone and distance because, obviously, I start with anger, asking 'why that happened' and 'why it is still happening.' I work to rise above my personal anger but still stay connected to my emotions. That's a big challenge.

Jasmila Zbanic

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I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.

Dick Cheney

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Technology is making it easier for women to connect to business opportunities around the world. Legal obstacles must not be allowed to stand in their way. That's not just because it's economically smart. It's because discrimination shouldn't be the law.

Arancha Gonzalez

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God ain't good all of the time. In fact, sometimes, God is not for us.

Anthea Butler

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Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes back much more forceful than you send it out.

Willie Nelson

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