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Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.


Barry Sternlicht

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BOBBY HEENAN Your success in life... will not be measured by the money you make or the degrees you earn, but rath...
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LOUIS C. K. It is ten times better to make your mind as your god,rather than money.
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RVM I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.'
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ALEXANDER PAYNE Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.
JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET Tell me what you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are.
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EDDIE VEDDER I pay attention to the news. I take the 'New York Times.' I do the Saturday crossword.
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MACKENZIE ROSMAN When we get our money, you can burn kruge to keep you warm."
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CYNTHIA WEIL I write every day, including weekends. For writers, there are no weekends. It's just that your f...
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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) This is like eating your seed corn, if you pay out more than you earn.
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SUNDAY ADELAJA Lotsa people want to hurt me. That's the price you pay for being a big mouth.
BILL O'REILLY Lotsa people want to hurt me. That's the price you pay for being a big mouth.
BILL O'REILLY If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention t...
ELIZABETH GILLIES The logic is that when you provide schools or any social service to people, they have no choice. The...
ESTHER DUFLO It's nice, because after you've worked with various directors and producers enough times, th...
LAURA BAILEY It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology ...
ROBERT REDFORD The more attention you pay to your surroundings, the safer you are going to be.
JANE HAGAR My theme song is always: 'Pay attention to your viewer. Follow them.'
ANNE SWEENEY Learn to use ten minutes intelligently. It will pay you huge dividends.
WILLIAM A. IRWIN Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret.
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BARRY SANDERS Shortly after the end of last season, I felt that I probably would not return for the 1999-2000 seas...
BARRY SANDERS I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do in school, but I definitely didn't have adequate t...
BARRY SANDERS My mother was a huge influence on me. She was a living example of what a Christian should be. Her co...
BARRY SANDERS I'm from Kansas, so there were a lot of vacant lots and open fields to tackle each other in so w...
BARRY SANDERS Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most im...
BARRY SANDERS The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has le...
BARRY SANDERS I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, y...
BARRY SANDERS As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.
BARRY SANDERS I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always staye...
BARRY SANDERS Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
BARRY SANDERS Life doesn't stop with football.
BARRY SANDERS I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoy...
BARRY SANDERS Let's just win it and go home.
BARRY SANDERS My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart throu...
BARRY SANDERS I really love peace and quiet.
BARRY SANDERS You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
BARRY SANDERS It was a wonderful experience to play in the NFL, and I have no regrets. I truly will miss playing f...
BARRY SANDERS Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
BARRY SANDERS Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smar...
BARRY RITHOLTZ The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevit...
BARRY RITHOLTZ History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technolog...
BARRY RITHOLTZ A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
BARRY RITHOLTZ Hedge fund managers charge so much more than mutual fund managers; alpha is even harder to come by. ...
BARRY RITHOLTZ Rather than engage in the sort of selective retention that so many investors tend to do and pretend ...
BARRY RITHOLTZ You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function ...
BARRY RITHOLTZ Investing is about making probabilistic decisions with limited information about an unknowable futur...
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