Jack Reed Quotes
Hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds have played an important role in providing liquidity to our financial system and improving the efficiency of capital markets. But as their role has grown, so have the risks they pose.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself.
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I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.
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Ordinary Muslims in Europe, who suffer from the demoralisation caused by living as perennial objects of suspicion and contempt, are far from thinking of themselves as a politically powerful, or even cohesive, community, not to speak of conquerors of Europe.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.
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So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
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In Zurich, in a cafe overlooking the Limmat, I ate butter-drenched white asparagus pulled from the ground that morning; it had the aftertaste of champagne. I've been able to appreciate epic meals in San Francisco, New Orleans, Berlin, Paris, Las Vegas.
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God tests and proves us by the common occurrences of life. It is the little things which reveal the chapters of the heart.
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Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.
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I think the most important thing is discovering an idea that moves you, and then letting people who are moved by that idea find each other, and work together. A lot of times people focus on the technical side-"oh, I've got to take a class on non-profit development." Too few people allow themselves to think outside the box with regard to their issue areas.
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This is important! But you have to stay absolutely cool. I may be completely off-base, and panicking prematurely." "I don't think so. I think you're panicking post-maturely. In fact, if you were panicking any later it would be practically posthumously. I've been panicking for days.
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Hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds have played an important role in providing liquidity to our financial system and improving the efficiency of capital markets. But as their role has grown, so have the risks they pose.
