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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Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable.
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Turns out, what I love doing is making games. Not hyping games or trying to sell a lot of copies. I just want to experiment and develop and think and tinker and tweak.
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My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years.
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It's enough now of being unhealthy. I have a family, and I owe it to them to be as healthy as I can. A great sense of clarity comes when you have a child. It shows the important stuff to be important.
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If you just breathe, and go slower, you will have enough energy. It's really important because there are people who wait in line, and your work has changed their lives. You will need to listen to them because they are also going to feed you and give you confirmation of the prayer you asked before you spoke.
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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.
