David Bonderman Quotes
A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.
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I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'.
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There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.
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(On his Catholic faith): 'Certainly it has been the rock on which I have always been able to rely in good times and in bad, and it is the lodestone of my life.'
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My mother was a Bohemian - in the good sense of the word. A searcher. And she investigated various religions.
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First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.
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A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.
