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- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
For future geopolitical stability and global prosperity, we need to build a culture of greater trust and understanding between China, America and the rest of the world.
- American Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
The library helps lower- and middle-income people - immigrants - get their shot at the American dream.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
This country, of course, needs fundamental reform of our financial regulatory system, as I, and many other financial institution executives, have publicly advocated for a considerable period.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was very bright. My mother had enormous drive. Put that together, and that's my gene pool.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been comfortable with people who run things, whether it was the principal of my high school or the president of the university.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've lived through periods of illiquidity before. Asset prices come down. The economy slows or even goes into recession. Then the cycle re-starts. We buy at lower prices with less leverage.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel like a wealthy person. Other people think of me as a wealthy person, but I don't. I feel the same as when I was a fifth-year associate trying to make partner at Lehman Brothers. I haven't changed.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I get angry, it's obvious. I don't have to say much.
- About
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's wonderful to learn about new cultures and to be able to travel easily to so many countries.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't micromanage what anybody pays or doesn't pay. But the concept that half of the public isn't involved with the income-tax system is somewhat odd and I'm not saying how much people should do, but we should all be part of the system.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't control the political world.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a small town outside Philadelphia and went to the local high school, where I ran track all four years.
- Decisions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inaccurate analysis produces faulty insights and bad decisions - which lead to losing a tremendous amount of money.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Today, whenever I'm under pressure to make a decision on a transaction but I don't know what the right one is, I try desperately to postpone it. I'll insist on more information - on doing extra laps around the intellectual parking lot - before committing. I take the same approach with people, too.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every year, I speak to our new associates and give them this advice, although in my own words. 'This isn't like school,' I tell them, 'where you want to get your hand in the air and give an answer quickly. The only grade here is 100. Deadlines are important, but at Blackstone you can always get help in meeting them.'
- Financial
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need sobriety, rationality, and civility in the discussions on the regulation of financial institutions so that the banks can return in a robust manner to their central role in funding the economy.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In life, you'll often find that having influence and providing sound advice is a good thing, even if it attracts criticism or requires some sacrifice.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you lose control of risk at a financial institution, you do a variety of unfortunate credit extensions or purchases - and all of a sudden, you've blown up your business.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Washington, D.C., puts enormous burdens on people who, at the end of the day, are just humans.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I've found in being around political people is they're willing to negotiate their ideology somewhere around 5 percent. They believe that's really stepping out. And it's really hard to do business when you only move 5 percent from your ideology.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2014, Blackstone was the most profitable money manager in the world. I did not anticipate that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like being in warm weather. I find that relaxes me. I like being near water. I like sitting on a beach and sort of hearing the water, watching waves break, looking at the shimmering. I find that really relaxing.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020