Bob Diamond Quotes
The ultimate arbiters of the models of banking and the management of banking are the investors. It's the shareholders.
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.
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I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at it.
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Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair color boxes on the shelves and just being so in awe. Having the control to dye your hair and change your look is such a part of self-expression.
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Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them in and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, or what our last names are, or how we worship.
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?
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We are all terminal.
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We had a segment called Tampon Tuesdays that I was very proud of; that was hilarious because there are a lot of women's issues out there that a lot of people don't know about because they're not women, and they don't have to go through them.
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Brussels sprouts are really quite versatile.
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The day I make movies that Rupert Murdoch likes and admires is the day I'll throw in the towel, because he's got no taste.
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You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either.
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Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.
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Fuseproject was founded in 1999, and the notion behind it, which is alive and kicking today, is fusing different disciplines. Our teams are absolutely incredible at their own discipline, but most importantly, they're incredible at partnering with each other.
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I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.
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People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
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I'm a person that thinks time is very precious and our only commodity... It's so upsetting when I feel like something has wasted my time.
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Not taking risks one doesn't understand is often the best form of risk management.
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If being in a band was my job, then I would quit. This is not a good job. A good job is in financial management.
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That's kind of the weird thing about Salad Days. I had to block time off from touring and tell my management and label like no press, no nothing. Let me make an album. You guys are running me dead.
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If a terrorist group wanted to hit Britain, all they'd have to do is kill 100 random celebrities. The country would have a nervous breakown.
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The ultimate arbiters of the models of banking and the management of banking are the investors. It's the shareholders.
