Steven Rattner Quotes
As a beneficiary of the carried interest loophole, I've seen firsthand the lack of any difference between the work involved in generating a carried interest and the work done by millions of other professionals who are taxed at the full 35 percent rate.
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
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I knew that I wanted to write about a very young woman because I wanted to see the eyes of the art world in a fresh or even slightly naive way. Because there's something very honest about entering a room and not having a read on everyone there.
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Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.
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I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
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Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once you figure that out, you just have to go out and work on it. For me, it's footwork. I constantly work on it, and it's a never-ending process.
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It is users that are driving the networks with innovations on top of the networks and with innovations in the devices space. This is very healthy.
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When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.
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I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
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We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.
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My grandma blows my mind. To me, she exemplifies what a loving, accepting Christian is.
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls.
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Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood.
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He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.
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As a beneficiary of the carried interest loophole, I've seen firsthand the lack of any difference between the work involved in generating a carried interest and the work done by millions of other professionals who are taxed at the full 35 percent rate.
