"I was happier when pursuing success than I……" — Michael Steinhardt
"I was happier when pursuing success than I was when savoring its fruits; the attraction, perhaps the addiction, was in the process, as much as in its end."
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13 Quotes by Michael Steinhardt
Michael Steinhardt has 13 quotes on this site.
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When your views are truly contrarian, they are inevitably uncomfortable. Courage and the ability to withstand pain are required,
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Time and again, in every market cycle I have witnessed, the extremes of emotion always appear, even among experienced investors.…
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Good investing is a peculiar balance between the conviction to follow your ideas and the flexibility to recognize when you…
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The balance between confidence and humility is best learned through extensive experience and mistakes.
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The markets are always changing, and the successful trader needs to adapt to these changes.
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In the 1950s and 1960s, the heroes were the long-term investors; today the heroes are the wise guys.
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Part of my attraction to ancient art is that there is an element of risk, of speculation.
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If you see a wonderful archaic Greek marble object in a museum, it's not only that it's beautiful, but what…
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Speculative joy, the joy derived from being right and being rewarded, may well be similar to the rush felt by…
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A little part of my life is built around ancient art.
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Art is a form of asset. Hedge-fund managers who have made money fast should diversify into other areas.
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In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal…
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More Addiction Quotes
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
— Mary Kay Ash
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All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The end of my addiction to fame happened at the exact moment 'Roseanne' dropped out of the top ten, in…
— Roseanne Barr
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Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.
— Drew Barrymore
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Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little…
— Bruce Barton
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Nothing is more singular about this generation than its addiction to music.
— Allan Bloom
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.
— Lara Flynn Boyle
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It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part…
— Russell Brand
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