771. Pretty words are not always true, and true words are not always pretty.
Khloe Kardashian
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770. No one can change a person but a person can be the reason why someone changes.
SpongeBob Squarepants
769. 15 Insightful Investment Quotes From The Super Rich
Warren Buffett (Net Worth $39 Billion) – “‘Price is what you pay; value is what you get.’ Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.”
George Soros (Net Worth $22 Billion) - ”I’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong…I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.”
David Rubenstein (Net Worth $2.8 Billion) – “Persist – don’t take no for an answer. If you’re happy to sit at your desk and not take any risk, you’ll be sitting at your desk for the next 20 years.”
Ray Dalio (Net Worth $6.5 Billion) – “More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don’t is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively.”
Eddie Lampert (Net Worth $3 Billion) – “This idea of anticipation is key to investing and to business generally. You can’t wait for an opportunity to become obvious. You have to think, “Here’s what other people and companies have done under certain circumstances. Now, under these new circumstances, how is this management likely to behave?”
T. Boone Pickens (Net Worth $1.4 Billion) - “The older I get, the more I see a straight path where I want to go. If you’re going to hunt elephants, don’t get off the trail for a rabbit.”
Charlie Munger (Net Worth $1 Billion) – “If you took our top fifteen decisions out, we’d have a pretty average record. It wasn’t hyperactivity, but a hell of a lot of patience. You stuck to your principles and when opportunities came along, you pounced on them with vigor.”
David Tepper (Net Worth $5 Billion) – “This company looks cheap, that company looks cheap, but the overall economy could completely screw it up. The key is to wait. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to do nothing.”
Benjamin Graham – “The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator. This means that he should be able to justify every purchase he makes and each price he pays by impersonal, objective reasoning that satisfies him that he is getting more than his money’s worth for his purchase.”
Louis Bacon (Net Worth $1.4 Billion) – “As a speculator you must embrace disorder and chaos.”
Paul Tudor Jones (Net Worth $3.2 Billion) - “Were you want to be is always in control, never wishing, always trading, and always, first and foremost protecting your butt. After a while size means nothing. It gets back to whether you’re making 100% rate of return on $10,000 or $100 million dollars. It doesn’t make any difference.”
Bruce Kovner (Net Worth $4.3 Billion) - ” My experience with novice traders is that they trade three to five times too big. They are taking 5 to 10 percent risks on a trade when they should be taking 1 to 2 percent risks. The emotional burden of trading is substantial; on any given day, I could lose millions of dollars. If you personalize these losses, you can’t trade.”
Rene Rivkin (Net Worth $346 Million) - “When buying shares, ask yourself, would you buy the whole company?”
Peter Lynch (Net Worth $352 Million) – “I think you have to learn that there’s a company behind every stock, and that there’s only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies.”
John Templeton (Net Worth $20 Billion)- “The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.”
John (Jack) Bogle (Net Worth $4 Billion) - “If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn’t be in stocks.”
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767. Being gay is not a western invention. It is a human reality.
6766. Five Personality Traits That You Don’t Want To Have
Trait One
The Judger: This is the type of person who is constantly finding fault in others, they have unrealistic expectations of those around them.It does not matter what others in their lives do right, they will continue to find fault. It is exhausting to be around these people, as being in their presence is a constant drain. In the end, People begin to stop trying to please them or being around them because they know they will never perform anything right. The sad fact is that many people of this type never realize that by being this way, they are in fact failing themselves, and depriving themselves of fulfilling relationships and life experiences.
Trait Two
The Nagger: There are many out there that can lay claim this this personality trait. The nagger, similar to the judger is a huge drain on other people. They are often, although not always very stubborn. In their defense, their nagging often comes from a place of love. Most of us in our lifetime have been subject to nagging by our mums and dads, trying to get us to do the right thing. However i’m talking about a different kind of nagger, and it’s the people that make it their ultimate past time that begin to have a problem. The nagger is a very annoying personality type because they never let up, and most of the time they become bullies. That is they nag so much, and tend to be aggressive and in people’s face that the other party will eventually give in. Unfortunately, this outcome often encourages the nagger because they figure that in the end their opponent has seen the light!!!
Trait Three
The do nothing: The do nothing is one of the most frustrating personality types, because they always give you the impression that simply do not care, they are un-responsive to managing important situations in life, and are often difficult to trust with responsibility, They seem to have ‘memory lapses’ when asked why they did not perform a task, they seem to simply forget. This is consequently due to their relaxed attitude, where they take life’s problems in their stride, that is they believe life will some how sort out the problem for them. Often, ‘the do nothing’ is an escapist, that is they will escape responsibility by indulging themselves into something more fun. Clearly, these are the people that have extreme difficulty in coping, life seems to feel daunting to them so they simply play it down,
Trait Four
The Aggressor: The aggressor is clearly someone who has a lot of built up frustration, and often they fail to deal with their frustration; anger, hurt and feelings in general. As a result, their aggression often comes in outbursts. It is most often directed at those they care about most and they can be the most hurtful of people. They have an attitude that ‘everything that goes wrong in the world happens to them.’ They look at themselves as victims who cant get a break. It often pains them to see others succeed. Due to their high level of frustration, they receive release by aggressive outbursts.This type of personality never finds inner peace until they learn to speak up and deal with their emotions as they arise.
Trait Five
The over opinionated: This is the type of personality where the person has to throw their two bobs into every discussion. They simply can’t hold back their opinion because it is to valuable. This can become very frustrating for those around them, as others become set into the background and their opinions go unheard. The ‘Over opinionated’ clearly has narcissistic qualities because they fail to see or understand that they are too dominant, and that their’s is not the only opinion that counts. In the long run, they often defeat their own purpose as those around them become so frustrated and sick of their voice, that they stop listening to their opinions.
Conclusion
It is fair to say that at least one time in our lives or another, we have all been consumed by one or more of these personality traits, the facts are that it’s normal. This article is not meant to place blame or make other people feel guilty, rather it is just a wake up call to those who may not realize what they are doing to erode their relationships and self-worth. Lets face it, life is so busy and it is so easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle and lose sight of everything. It is my personal opinion, that life would not be worth living without valuable relationships.
4 765. Who says you can’t do the things that matter most to you. When you take a close look you realize your only obstacle is yourself.
Nicole Shafiee Vaziri
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764. You Only Have One Mom. Appreciate and Love Her.
3 yrs old: “Mommy, I love you.”
10 yrs old: “Mom whatever!”
16 yrs old:”My mom is so annoying!”
18 yrs old: “I wanna leave this house.”
25 yrs old:”Mom, you were right.”
30 yrs old: “I wanna go back to my Mom’s house.”
50 yrs old: “I don’t wanna lose my Mom.”
70 yrs old: “I would give up everything for my Mom to be here with me.”
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762. This photograph intrigues me so much! why isn’t this the most famous photo from 9/11 instead of the falling man? isn’t 2 people holding hands after jumping more significant than 1 man? it makes me wonder what the story is behind this photo, were they friends or lovers? or just strangers who were too scared to jump alone? it shows that people need a helping hand even in their final moments, i love it.Fucking reblog today; tomorrow. Any day I see it on my dash. Beautiful. I for one think they were strangers. Sometimes it’s easier to care for a stranger, how else would they have found the courage to not only jump, but to look into someone’s eyes and jump. I don’t think I could have done that if I knew the person well.
(Source: , via theunitedstatesoffailure)
761. Which Marriage Rights Should We Be Fighting For?
Jesus never said anything about homosexuality, but about divorce he was very clear in Matthew 5:31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”
Why oh why do the conservative pundits love to attack gay people (which, as most of them admit [including Exodus International, famed “pray the gay away” group], is not a quality they choose), but never wage a war against divorce? Hell, Newt Gingrich, who up until two months ago was a legitimate contender for the White House, is on his third marriage. Even worse, he divorced one woman while she was in a hospital bed for cancer treatments, and divorced another after having liaisons with his current wife well before the divorce — and he was getting the Evangelical vote!
Why is it that, in politics, the “Christian” thing to do is to ignore the actual teachings of Jesus and focus on the parts of the Bible that make your pet issues convenient?
If you truly want to worry about the war on marriage, start with divorce. Start with Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Kardashian and whoever the hell she married. They are more of the front line in the “war on marriage” than loving gay relationships will ever be.
So here’s a novel concept: you really want to be a “Christian legislator”? Stop your war on homosexuals, and start your war on divorce. Sure, it might not be the kind of easily pandering to the evangelical base that anti-gay legislation may be, but it’s true to Jesus’ teachings. And remember, it’s not like Jesus was the most popular guy at the time of his proclamations, so why should you not follow in his footsteps and preach the true teachings of the Gospel rather than worry about reelection? Unless, of course, your Christian image is nothing more than a persona you use to get elected, you hypocritical, money-grubbing Judases.
760. Reinvent Yourself (5 Lessons From Robert Downey, Jr.)
The record-shattering opening success of The Avengers, which sold more than $200 million in theater tickets in the United States and did about $640 million in business worldwide during opening weekend, is further evidence of an amazing fact: Robert Downey, Jr. not only rules Hollywood, but he’s staged an even more impressive turnaround than General Motors.
Consider this: Since 2008, nine movies featuring the 47-year-old actor have grossed more than $1.5 billion in the U.S. alone, and his name on the marquee is perhaps the surest guarantee of a box-office smash. That’s an astonishing run, especially because it wasn’t that long ago — 2001, to be precise — that Downey seemed destined to become fodder for those “Whatever Happened To…?” articles in the supermarket tabloids. His drug addiction and erratic behavior earned him a prison stay and led producer David E. Kelley to fire him from what seemed like his last chance for resurrecting his career, a supporting role in the hit TV series Ally McBeal. Downey sank so low that despite his enormous talent, he was virtually unemployable.
But that was then. Today, if Robert Downey, Jr. was a company, he might be leading the Dow Jones index. It’s not just that he revived his career; he’s actually far bigger than he was at the apex of his youthful climb to stardom 20 years ago, when he earned an Oscar nomination for best actor in the critically acclaimed box office flop Chaplin. That makes Downey’s self-reinvention a great case study for anyone who’s attempting a midlife second act — whether you’re an entrepreneur starting a new business, or someone who is struggling at 40 or beyond to overcome past mistakes.
Here are five Downey-esque lessons that can help you mount your own comeback.
1. Concentrate on getting ahead one step at a time. Whether you need to vanquish some inner demons or escape from a bad stretch in your life, as Downey endured in the late 1990s and early 2000s, or you’re simply trying to find a new passion in life, you’re more likely to get there through patient plodding rather than big, sweeping dramatic gestures. Remember that Downey’s comeback, from rock-bottom to superstar, took a good seven years of struggle, in which he had to work long and hard to prove his commitment to sobriety and regain his credibility as a professional. As he explains in a Esquire Interview ”I found my way out of the woods by a subtler and subtler trail of bread crumbs.”
2. Don’t be too proud to accept help. Even after Downey seemed to have his drug addiction in check, producers were reluctant to hire him because insurance companies didn’t like the odds that he would flake out and not finish a movie. That’s when Mel Gibson, an actor who’s had a troubled life lately but was flying high in 2003, stepped in. Gibson, who had co-starred with Downey in the 1990 movie Air America, offered to put up Downey’s insurance bond, enabling him to get the lead role in the 2003 movie The Singing Detective. Downey not only did his work as promised but also turned in an excellent performance — proving to Hollywood that he still had the chops to be a star. If he had been too proud to accept Gibson’s generosity, who knows what would have happened to him?
3. Believe that in the end, your talent will enable people to overlook your past mistakes. The tipping point of Downey’s career comeback was Iron Man, the 2008 blockbuster that firmly established him as a marquee attraction. But in many ways, Downey was an unlikely choice for the role of a costumed superhero, even one whose alter-ego was playboy industrialist Tony Stark. Not only was he a recovering addict with a lurid dark side, but as an actor, he’d spent much of his career playing off-center, irony-drenched supporting roles. But as director Jon Favreau explains in a GQ Article Downey’s acting skills made him overlook those negatives, and the director worked hard to persuade Marvel Comics — which owned the character and was dead-set against Downey — that he was the man for the part. “Here was this force of nature, who I think was living with this frustration that he wasn’t able to really show what he was great at, because nobody was willing to take that leap and say, ‘This guy could carry my movie.’ Nobody was willing to jump in the pool. I was.”
4. It’s never too late to develop self-discipline. As an addict, Downey was in such despair about his inability to stay away from drugs that he actually told a judge in 1999 that “It’s like I’ve got a shotgun in my mouth, with my finger on the trigger, and I like the taste of the gun metal,” according to a ABC News Story from that period. Nevertheless, the actor has managed to stay sober since 2003. As this Men’s Journal article details, he developed the discipline to do that in large part by taking up Wing Chun, a Chinese martial art that emphasizes close-in hand-to-hand combat, and demands intense focus and inner calm. “Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you’re here or out in the world dealing with problems,” Downey explains. “It’s second nature for me now. I don’t even get to the point where there’s a problem.” He’s become so dedicated to the art that he takes lessons three to five times a week, sometimes bringing his instructor to the set when he’s shooting a film.
5. Don’t be afraid to play in an ensemble. It’s easy to think of success — or salvation — as an individual endeavor. But one of the reasons The Avengers — which brings together a pantheon of Marvel costumed icons ranging from Captain America to Spider-Man — has been getting overwhelming positive reviews from critics is that Downey resists the temptation to take over the movie. Instead, he has the discipline — and the self-confidence — to hold back and fit into director Joss Whedon’s vision, in which Tony Stark’s snarky running commentary is the glue that holds together the action sequences. Thanks in large part to the Downey, Jr.-powered snark-generating machine, the friction between the heroes actually makes sense.” Similarly, if you can find a way to harness your talents and fit into a team of other strivers — even if it means trading riffs rather than being the lead soloist — you may have an even better shot at a successful second act.
19 759. If you wait until conditions are perfect, all you’ll ever do is wait. Great accomplishments are given birth by starting from where you are with what you have. Stop wondering and start doing. Once you’ve done it you’ll always know, without the slightest doubt, that you can.
Kacy-Earl David
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