Ziad K. Abdelnour Quotes
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Real Learning comes from failures and mistakes...rarely from success.
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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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I am not interested in power for power's sake. Only interested in power that will allow people to liberate themselves from Big Brother.
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People are only loyal until it becomes convenient not to be.
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It is usually the roughest road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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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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The American dream is what has kept Americans from rebelling against corporate corruption.Now that 2/3 of us know it's dead, expect anything.
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A lot of men have lost money chasing women. But no man has ever lost women chasing money.
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The Lebanese banking system helps Iran, Syria & Hezbollah evade sanctions.
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Unfortunately most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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Female Viagra has been around for years...it's called money.
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If you are filled with pride, then you have no room for wisdom.
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You call my Wall Street words "cuss words"... I call them "sentence enhancers".
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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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May my haters live very long to see my continued success and make their lives miserable.
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Start-ups fail for a lot of different reasons, but one I see repeatedly is ego. It presents as a dangerous sense of self-importance. Or the entrepreneur thinks they are the smartest person in the room who knows better than anyone else and either doesn’t seek out advice or doesn’t want to listen when it’s offered. Such know-it-alls delude themselves into thinking they have everything figured out, even though they don’t. For as hard as it is to elbow your way into the marketplace in ideal circumstances, it’s made exponentially harder when you don’t check your ego at the door.
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Geniuses are always marginalized to one degree or another. Someone wholly invested in the status quo is unlikely to disrupt it. Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo? I didn’t.
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The NSA is the only branch of the government that actually listens to people.
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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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Remember this... People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.
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You always invest the money you earn. That's the only way you can really speed up your fortune.
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After all is said and done, you are free to choose but you are not free from the consequence of your choice.
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Do you want to be super successful? Never appeal to people’s mercy or gratitude... Appeal only to their self-interest & see the results.
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Smart people think. Brave people talk. Great people act.