Timothy Geithner Quotes
In the financial system we have today, with less risk concentrated in banks, the probability of systemic financial crises may be lower than in traditional bank-centered financial systems.
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
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They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.
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Many people focus on my power and talk about my power, but I have many more qualities in the ring. I like to surprise everyone.
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I will always listen to my coaches. But first I listen to my body. If what they tell me suits my body, great. If my body doesn't feel good with what they say, then always my body comes first.
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I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.
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I'm lucky. I've got pretty good genes.
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I'm starting to find my own style.
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If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.
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I actually study boxing - my dad was a Golden Gloves champion so I learned how to fight at a very young age. Growing up in Brooklyn you always had to watch your back, so I pretty much learned to protect myself.
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I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.
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There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
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You don't know how to love God and your neighbor unless you look to the law to define it.
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They asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me.
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The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone.
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When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn't have.
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You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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I would tell the young Francesco Totti to repeat everything that the older Totti did - if he's able to!
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The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.
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You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label that's connected to the system.
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Religion is a system of wishful illusions together with a disavowal of reality, such as we find nowhere else but in a state of blissful hallucinatory confusion. Religion's eleventh commandment is "Thou shalt not question."
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I love the sea. Swimming, fishing, going out in my boat - that gives me tranquility. Nowadays, I love to read as well. Historical fiction is what I discovered for myself.
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I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.
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In the financial system we have today, with less risk concentrated in banks, the probability of systemic financial crises may be lower than in traditional bank-centered financial systems.
