Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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We're taught by repetition but great innovators need to be great at doing the different.
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It is an oft-repeated axiom that a person can learn a whole lot about a society by how it treats its poor; but just as much may be learned by looking at how that same society treats its rich. Indeed, the economic future of the poor—and our nation—will be determined in the coming decades by how we treat the people in this country who create great wealth. It will be determined by our understanding of the so-called rich and by our need to foster and protect this minority of true wealth creators.
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I am not in the market to create jobs, build an empire, or leave a legacy; those are the positive fallout of successful economic warfare. My prime objective is wealth creation.
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Bankruptcy cleans out the system. What’s wrong with that? South Korea went through this in the late 1990s. They didn’t have anyone to bail them out, and they had to go through the pain. Sweden did it in the early 1990s. Mexico did it. Russia did it. The list goes on and on. Competent people take over the assets from incompetent people and rebuild from a solid base. Business has always been survival of the fittest and Darwinism at its best. After all, this is what capitalism is all about.
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Until the Fed lets us have a real recession, as painful as that may be, we are never gonna have a recovery.
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Don't turn around. Don't look back. Keep moving forward. Keep pushing. The pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow, not the beginning.
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Remember this... People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.
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There are two things you should never waste your time on: things that don’t matter and people that think you don’t matter.
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Great companies are formed by great people. It’s not about attracting great people; it’s about retaining them.
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Time decides who you meet in life, your heart decides who you want in your life, and your behavior decides who stays in your life.
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Lots of folks want success without sacrifice. Life doesn't work that way. Be willing to pay the price for your dreams.
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I believe the only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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A good bank is the one that does good to its community and a bad bank is the one that feeds the avarice of corrupt individuals. Very simple.
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Some lessons are painful, some are painless.. but, all are priceless.
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I may die young, but at least I'll die smart.... If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart...Best advice I can ever give you.
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You know you have a transparency problem when citizens of a democracy need to rely on WikiLeaks for details on changes to laws.
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If you are filled with pride, then you have no room for wisdom.
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After analyzing our current crisis and studying well-established historical precedents, I must conclude that the global bankers have only three possible cards left to play. The first is admitting culpability and working to restore the American economic engine to its free-market potential. History has taught us that the ruling class rarely admits error and never concedes power. The second is to foment so much civil unrest and fear that the general population will be clamoring for a global dictator who will provide them food, shelter, and security in exchange for their individual freedom and sovereignty. I see the emerging militancy of the labor union movement playing right into this scenario. The final play is global conflict where they can try and control the outcome by means of funding both sides.
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The trouble with school is they give you the answer, then they give you the exam. That's not life...
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Having loads of money doesn't make you a better person.. Spending it smart does.
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Putting your pride first makes the results come in second, at best.
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We always look for operators with a combination of guts, passion and genius.
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You can make excuses and you can make money, but you cannot make both.
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Age is just reality we create for ourselves.