Weekend quotes

Weekend

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Michael Lewis Author, Journalist
Weekend

"There used to be this guy called Vinny who worked on the floor of the stock exchange, said one big investor who had observed the market for a long time. After the markets closed Vinny would get into his Cadillac and drive out to his big house in Long Island. Now there is the guy called Vladimir who gets into his jet and flies to his estate in Aspen for the weekend. I used to worry a little about Vinny. Now I worry a lot about Vladimir"

Long Islands Weekend
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Paul Murray Author
Weekend

"Gradually the awful truth dawns on you: that Santa Claus was just the tip of the iceberg - that your future will not be the rollercoaster ride you'd imagined, that the world occupied by your parents, the world of washing the dishes, going to the dentist, weekend trips to the DIY superstore to buy floor tiles, is actually largely what people mean when they speak of 'life'."

Mean Life Weekend
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Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Television Host
Weekend

"Something big happened over the weekend. Something that affects everybody, all over the world. George Clooney got married."

World Married Weekend
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Emma Bell Author
Weekend

"I live in L.A. - I love L.A., first off - but I didn't realize how much better the air quality was in Vancouver until I went back to L.A. for a weekend and I literally felt like I was breathing fire."

Fire Air Weekend
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Daniel Kahneman Psychologist, Nobel Laureate
Weekend

"A large portion of the weekend effects is explained by differences in the amount of time spent with friends or family between weekends and weekdays."

Differences Weekend Weekdays
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Debra Dean Author
Weekend

"If you have some other profession that allows you your evenings or weekends, terrific, stick with that. Having a profession other than writing also has the potential side benefit of providing you with material, something to write about."

Writing Weekend Evening
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Drake Rapper, singer, songwriter
Weekend

"The weekend's here, started it right. Even if I only get part of it right."

Ifs Humble Weekend
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Dorothy Parker Poet, Writer, Critic
Weekend

"[Completely bored by a country weekend, wiring to a friend:] For heaven's sake, rush me a loaf of bread, enclosing saw and file."

Country Bored Weekend
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Conan O'Brien Television Host, Comedian
Weekend

"Over the weekend, former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Rebecca Carter married each other during a huge ceremony in Houston. The happy couple is planning to honeymoon for three weeks in front of Congress."

Couple Three Weekend
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Conan O'Brien Television Host, Comedian
Weekend

"The top two movies at the box office this weekend were 'High School Musical 3' and 'Saw V.' One movie features gruesome onscreen torture that is difficult to watch and the other is about a guy with a saw."

Two School Weekend
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Conan O'Brien Television Host, Comedian
Weekend

"Over the weekend, Vladimir Putin scored eight goals during a hockey game. It happened just after he had the goalie executed."

Games Hockey Weekend
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Weekend

"The happy medium is television. And if you find a good suitor, you can do it for years. With movies, you roll the dice. If people don't show that weekend, you're doomed. TV allows you to percolate a little bit, and it gives you a chance for people to find it."

People Years Weekend
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Alan Ball Screenwriter, Director, Producer
Weekend

"Television viewing has become for me a completely different experience, because I don't watch shows on a weekly basis. I wait until the DVD or I TiVo everything and wait until the end of a season and watch it all over a weekend. For me that's a really satisfying experience, like reading a book."

Book Reading Weekend
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Warren Buffett Investor, Businessman
Weekend

"I think that they hoped the private sector would come in. And the private sector tried to come in until they saw the size of the problem. I mean, from were people on that weekend that thought they'd had a solution. And then the hole kept getting bigger and bigger. And all of a sudden became apparent that 20 billion wouldn't do it and 30 billion wouldn't do it and 40 billion wouldn't do it. So it got beyond anybody's ability to certainly to do it in a short period of time."

Thinking Mean Weekend
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Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer
Weekend

"Side Effects Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on the weekend. Woody Allen Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it."

Trying Sex Weekend
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