Stephen A. Schwarzman Quotes
My personal taxes are 53% of my taxable income. That's 36% on the federal level and 17% for state and local.
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I have faith in the universe, for it is rational. Law underlies each happening. And I have faith in my purpose here on earth. I have faith in my intuition, the language of my conscience, but I have no faith in speculation about Heaven and Hell. I'm concerned with this time-here and now.
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It is imperative that the Christian, at the beginning of his pursuit to understand what true worship is, gets it clear that the object of our worship is to be God and God alone.
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Stop waiting for others to tell you what you can do. Start putting faith into your own strengths and talents. Instead of questioning whether you can reach your goals, move forward with conviction and confidence.
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Ever had a woman say no to you, Dmitri?” “Once.” He turned the corner with a smile that made her want to cup his face, trace those beautiful lips with her own. “I married her.
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I think it's useful to keep in mind I've been now President for over seven years and gun sales don't seem to have suffered during that time.
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What you care about [movie] is whether it's moving you, or whether you're caught up in it.
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Only when you find the courage to say something to someone that might influence a change in your behavior, does that behavior change.
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I went to the Senate, accomplished nothing as usual.
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Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength.
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The human spirit is itself the most wonderful fairy tale that can possibly be. What a magnificent world lies enclosed within our bosoms! No solar orbit hems it in, the inexhaustible wealth of the total visible creation is outweighed by its riches!
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I think I was a singer before I came out of the womb. I also think that the way you live your life, and the choices you make parallel what doors open up for you.
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Satan is pure spirit. He often appears as something else, to mislead. He appeared to Padre Pio as Jesus, to frighten him. He sometimes appears as a raging animal.
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The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.
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I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space.
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No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse memories of joy.
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Consider the Koran... this wretched book was sufficient to start a world-religion, to satisfy the metaphysical need of countless millions for twelve hundred years, to become the basis of their morality and of a remarkable contempt for death, and also to inspire them to bloody wars and the most extensive conquests. In this book we find the saddest and poorest form of theism. Much may be lost in translation, but I have not been able to discover in it one single idea of value.
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It doesn't matter if it's a playoff game or a regular-season game. The umpires have to keep control of the game. Tony was warned twice.... It's a shame, but those are the circumstances.
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To return to levels consistent with price stability in coming quarters.
