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- To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path. — Michael Bloomberg
- Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator. — Seth Klarman
- The overwhelming majority of people are comfortable with consensus, but successful investors tend to have a contrarian bent, — Seth Klarman
- I don't really know much about pirates, or pirate culture. I'd be a contrarian pirate. — Todd Barry
- To succeed as a contrarian you must recognize what the crowd believes, have concrete justification for why the majority is wrong, and… — Whitney Tilson
- The very act of becoming an entrepreneur is contrarian to middle class values, study hard, get a good job, be happy with… — Rashmi Bansal
- The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself. — Peter Thiel
- My own answer to the contrarian question is that most people think the future of the world will be defined by globalization,… — Peter Thiel
- Thinking about how disturbingly herdlike people become in so many different contexts—mimetic theory forces you to think about that, which is knowledge… — Peter Thiel
- Ultimately the most profound problems with psychotherapy have always been that instead of possessing any contrarian or transcendent values to enable it… — Kenny Smith
- An awful lot of people keep a stock too long because it gives them warm fuzzies – particularly when a contrarian stance… — John Neff
- When your views are truly contrarian, they are inevitably uncomfortable. Courage and the ability to withstand pain are required, — Michael Steinhardt