Jamie Dimon Quotes
You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.
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One of the ideas that I wanted to highlight, which is actually a very bipartisan idea - it's not just about conservatives - is this worship of wealth, the CEO saviour.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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I am all in favor of growing the American economy and engaging in trade with the world, but not at the expense of American workers. The North American Free Trade Agreement is a perfect example of this. Ask the textile workers of North Carolina how NAFTA worked out for them - if you can find any.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds.
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Apart from its famous healing properties, manuka has a strong, woody flavour.
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Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.
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Winning is no longer just the outcome. It's part of the process.
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When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
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I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if one program drops.
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The process of being a writer is much more interior than being a scientist, because science is so reactionary.
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You can change the look of an outfit so easily by changing the kind of jewellery you wear. If you have a basic outfit on - a black sweater and skirt or a simple black dress - you can go from the office to a cocktail party at night just by changing your jewellery. It helps if you change your shoes as well.
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The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; for it does not persuade others to its beliefs, but it imposes them and makes them permeate the thinking of everyone by a sort of enormous pressure of the mind of all upon the individual intelligence.
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Chefs aren't celebrities: they're chefs.
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Freedom was a word that everyone mentioned but none of us knew. There wasn't much left for anyone to die for, except the right to remain peculiar.
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Eat it, lick it, snort it, fuck it!
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It doesn't matter how much wisdom you have. If you don't have position, you have nothing. That's the tragedy of India.
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I find the education I got from living in Derby and being streetwise and knowing the people that I know, the lessons that I had to learn growing up, have set me in good stead for this kind of working life.
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The Nobel Prize is not very important for the winners - they are usually pretty successful people already. But it is valuable as a way of drawing the public's attention to important work in economics.
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I hate the word 'partner' so much.
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They said, "You get $2 million to make the film, if you're not in it. If you are in it, you get $5 million to make the film." There was no way to make the thing for $2 million, so I made it for $5 million. And then, it turned out there was no way to make the thing for $5 million. That's when it got weird.
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You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.
