"I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls into the realm of behavioral finance."

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Source : "Legendary Short Seller Jim Chanos Shares The Method To His Madness" by Linette Lopez, www.businessinsider.com. May 10, 2012.

James Chanos

#Fall Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Differences Quotes

“It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them.”

Source : Rachel Field (1938). “ALL THIS, and HEAVEN TOO”
“Parodies are hard to do well, as is shown by the mediocrity of so many recent attempts. No matter how ripe a genre is for satirizing, unless you know how to do it, there are no guarantees.”
“One minute you're closer to someone than anyone in the whole world, next minute they need only to say the words 'time apart', 'serious talk' or 'maybe you...' and you're never going to see them again and will have to spend the next six months having imaginary conversations in which they beg to come back, and bursting into tears at the sight of their toothbrush.”
“I learned to fall down early in life - I was like six - because I realized it was a way to make girls laugh.”
“Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.”
“I am in favor of an idea that's been around for a number of years, which is to reward people who are willing to give a kidney and save the life of a stranger.”
“There's no beauty that you could perceive or create if it were not already within you...”

Source : Peter Shepherd (2010). “Daring to Be Yourself”, p.228, DoctorZed Publishing
“The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.”

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