"My client loved risk. Risk, I had learned,……" — Michael Lewis
"My client loved risk. Risk, I had learned, was a commodity in itself. Risk could be canned and sold like tomatoes."
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64 Quotes by Michael Lewis
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Thirdly-but not lastly-there was the bias toward what people saw with their own eyes, or thought they had seen. The…
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Some coaches believed they could judge a player's performance simply by watching it. In this they were deeply mistaken. The…
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In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus to fail places children…
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When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.
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He's a machine for competitive balance, ... Yes, the money is in New York. Yes, the money is in his…
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It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar…
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One absolutely cannot tell, by watching, the difference between a .300 hitter and a .275 hitter. The difference is one…
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Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation.…
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Baseball is this intense subculture that actually doesn't speak very much for the larger culture.
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Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.
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I don't think there is a national pasttime. Watching TV is a national pasttime. Really. If there is a national…
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I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the…
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More Canned Quotes
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one of 48 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I know [canned music] makes chickens lay more eggs and factory workers produce more. But how much more can they…
— Victor Borge
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I've always felt that sexuality is a really slippery thing. In this day and age, it tends to get categorized…
— Michael Stipe
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All the pre-made sauces in a jar, and frozen and canned vegetables, processed meats, and cheeses which are loaded with…
— Todd English
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The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a…
— Unknown Author
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The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.
— John Avlon
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Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs.
— Ralph Bakshi
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The human heart: its expansions and contractions its electrics and hydraulics the warm tides that move and fill it. For…
— Jennifer Haigh
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We sucked in atheism with our canned milk.
— Joy Davidman
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Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on 'canned' laughter, grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing…
— Russell Baker
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We used to joke about canned men, putting people in a can and seeing how far you can send them…
— John Glenn
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No member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has canned peas, topped beets, hauled hay, shoveled…
— Thomas S. Monson
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If you worry about financial Armageddon, it is indeed metaphorically the time to stock your bunker with guns, ammunition, canned…
— Nouriel Roubini
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