Stephen A. Schwarzman Quotes
Down cycles are not fun. But they form the basis for enormous future profitability
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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I think I know I've been working very hard for the family business, sometimes those days are long days and I think if I know I'm working hard and pulling my weight, both working and playing hard at the same time, I think everyone who I work with can see I am there pulling my weight.
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I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.
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Our research is so complex that the resources of a single region of the world are no longer enough - both intellectually and economically, it must be a global effort.
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Granted, I've changed internally as I've gotten older - I take it easy, I know when to stop and take care of myself, I laugh much more and with my belly and soul - but this comes from the confidence and acceptance that comes with maturity.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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What led me to be an actor is that I have a strange something in me that can drastically change the way I appear to the world. Growing up, I couldn't understand why people would always have different ideas of me - but because of that I became aware of how you can manipulate your own ability to change. And then I learned to make a career of it.
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I am fascinated by Omega's history. Particularly the First World War stuff, when they made watches for the flying corps, and the NASA side of it.
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No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
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I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.
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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
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Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.
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Writing on a computer makes saving what's been written too easy. Pretentious lead sentences are kept, not tossed. Instead of sitting surrounded by crumpled paper, the computerized writer has his mistakes neatly stored in digital memory.
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I attended the climate talks in Copenhagen in 2009, and back then, national governments waited until days before to submit climate plans, and the U.S. based its pledge on a proposed bill that would fail in the Senate.
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I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python.
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You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you've optioned them.
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Actors don't need a lot of talk beyond the first few sentences. They may say they don't draw on their own life, but all actors do.
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No universal selfishness can bring social good to all. Communism - the effort to give all men what they need and to ask of each the best they can contribute - this is the only way of human life.
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I would never call Jerusalem beautiful or comfortable or consoling. But there's something about it that you can't turn away from.
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If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
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Believe me, I don't like being photographed. I don't like myself in pictures. Actually, I do sometimes.
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In the years between 2000 and 2004, I always got the feeling that people were just starting to hear about me and they were all late to the game. I'd be out playing shows for records that I recorded back in 1999 that were just coming out.
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With commentating, I've had a chance to show the humorous side of my personality that I didn't use on the court. It's fun, and I don't take myself too seriously. I have good broadcast teams with me, but I'm not a huge stats guy. I think they post the numbers too quickly, and I'd rather let the match play out a bit first.
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Down cycles are not fun. But they form the basis for enormous future profitability
