Bob Diamond Quotes
In our equities business, 49 of the 50 most important Lehman clients are back doing business with us. The flows are 75 to 80 per cent of what they were prior to the bankruptcy. The issues which damaged Lehman were around commercial mortgages and illiquid private equity assets.
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A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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In 1787, many Americans were convinced that the 'perpetual union' they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier, in the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature.
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I really think that it's disgusting that Paris is the only place where it is illegal for paps to follow you around. It actually took someone losing their life - Diana, an inspirational woman - and then it changed, but they still won't change it in London! It's horrible!
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'
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My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
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I can't do chapped lips. If your lips are jacked up, Aquaphor is always a good go-to.
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Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Any talk of me engaging in a conspiracy against Pakistan is completely baseless.
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You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.
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I haven't met a horse I didn't love. I love caring for them, cleaning them. I love doing my own tack and giving them treats.
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There are a lot of people who give you their opinions on what to do.
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In our equities business, 49 of the 50 most important Lehman clients are back doing business with us. The flows are 75 to 80 per cent of what they were prior to the bankruptcy. The issues which damaged Lehman were around commercial mortgages and illiquid private equity assets.
