"It is better to be lucky than good, but of course appropriate to aspire to both."

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Source : "BLACKROCK: 'Investors Should Buckle Up For More Volatility Ahead'" by Mamta Badkar, www.businessinsider.com. July 21, 2014.

Jeremy Grantham

“Bob Altman got nothing from the TV series 'M*A*S*H,' and the royalties for the theme song went to his oldest son, Michael, who wrote it as a 15-year-old poet!”

Source : "Color of Money Book Club". Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. January 29, 2009.
“Don't do something you don't like. Look for a job that makes you excited to get up and go to work everyday.”

Source : Source: www.harbus.org
“I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.”
“I am here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused. I make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife, Huma.”

Source : "In Politics: Weiner's Fall And Bachmann's Rise". Interview with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. June 17, 2011.
“When I was young, my knowledge of the literary world was a distorted tabloid sketch of dazzling fame, suffering genius, and tragic glamour. It was all very naÃ¯ve. Of course, the only part of the stereotype that has proven true is the suffering and the starving. Now, my fantasy of scribbling poems in a tower is gone, but an anxiety about reviews, book sales, and awards has taken its place.”
“No elegance is possible without perfume. It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory”
“A sin is nothing but a deordination of reason, but that is enough.”
“Every day on the set, things change. You move things around. The actors are creating the roles and bringing them to life, and bringing the moments to life, as they happen. That's the best thing about television. I think it gets misunderstood, when there's one credit that says, "Written by," because that's certainly not the way it happens, in real life.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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