James Altucher Quotes

Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It's about truly helping people.

James Altucher

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 23, 1968

Topics

FailureHonestyPeopleEgoScars

I've been on lots of movies where we've done a lot of planning of sets - how much you build, and is this big enough, and will this get us what we need? - just with foam-core models.

John Knoll

PlanningEnoughYouDoneMoviesBig

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

John Irving

BusinessThinkBetterYouSkin

David is 13 years my senior and has much more experience.

Anna Friel

ExperienceMoreYearsSeniorMuch

Once an actor told me he went to the Shakespeare School of Acting, and I said, 'I went to the Shakespeare of Acting, too' and he said, 'Oh really?' And I said, 'I went to Shakespeare Elementary School in Chicago.' He didn't take the joke well, he didn't laugh and didn't think it was funny - I thought it was funny. It's all the same to me.

Michael Clarke Duncan

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I listen to music that is of our time and I just get angry.

Amy Winehouse

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I remember seeing this picture my mother had of Dick Clark. It didn't inspire me to be an actor or anything, but when I did 'American Dreams' with Dick Clark, my mother came out, and she showed him this picture of them that was taken 35 years earlier. It was great.

Tom Verica

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'Balls of Fury' was a 45-day shoot when it probably - hindsight being 20/20 - probably should've been a 75-day shoot with all the ping-pong action.

Robert Ben Garant

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After years as a civil rights lawyer, I rarely find myself speechless.

Michelle Alexander

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There are definitely designers that I love, people I love to work with. And who they are as people matters. Are they good people? Do they treat their staff well? Do they treat my staff well? Are they young? Can I give them a boost? But when all of that is equal... is it cute?

Michelle Obama

WorkLoveGoodCutePeopleTreat

When breast cancer took my mom, it met its biggest enemy.

DeAngelo Williams

MomEnemyCancerBreast CancerMet

Give me an authentic woman, and I'm happy.

Bradley Cooper

WomanHappyMeGive MeGive

Soccer players in L.A. can kind of just walk the streets. They have bigger people to take pictures of. They see Sylvester Stallone walking down the street, I don't think they are going to want an Ashley Cole picture, to be honest.

Ashley Cole

WalkPeopleThinkPictureWalking

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