"I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books."

-- John Keegan

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span.”
“please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.”
“The work doesn't begin until you get tired!”
“The English language needs a word for that feeling you get when you badly need help, but there is no one you can call because you're not popular enough to have friends, not rich enough to have employees, and not powerful enough to have lackeys. It is a very distinct cocktail of impotence, loneliness and a sudden stark assessment of your non-worth to society? Enturdment?”
“I enjoy going to the Y. I take all the fitness classes that my dad takes; that's sort of our bonding - anything athletic, anything sports related.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I particularly remember the time I gave (the research director) my paper on the banking industry. I felt very proud of my work. However, he read through it and said, 'This is useless. What makes the stock go up and down?' That comment acted as a spur. Thereafter, I focused my analysis on seeking to identify the factors that were strongly correlated to a stock's price movement as opposed to looking at all the fundamentals. Frankly, even today, many analysts still don't know what makes their particular stocks go up and down.”
“The beauty is the balance.”
“My Brain and My Heart are my Temples. My true Religion is Kindness.”

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