Zev Yaroslavsky Quotes
It ought to be recognized for what it is: an absolutely historic investment by the County of Los Angeles.
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Time and time again, truly basic studies of simple experimental organisms have proved directly relevant to human biology and human disease. An investment in such basic studies is an effective investment indeed.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.
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Oracle is my second job ever that did not involve waitressing. But I still have my waitress apron just in case this does not work out. It's just that I fell in love with software when I was programming in college. When I was an investment banker, there were mostly mainframe companies and very few software ones.
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I learned about M&A and how to value assets and work with investment bankers.
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My investment strategy, which is to focus on sectors that are a national priority for India, hasn't changed.
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I don't play the role of a villain, really, but I like playing anti-hero kind of roles. I like characters where there's conflict, drama, and more personal investment than just being heroes.
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What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
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I don't know my armpit from my elbow in Los Angeles.
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I don't take investment advice from wealth managers. I have grown several businesses from scratch and amassed many millions from my publishing empire - why would I take advice from someone who has never experienced that?
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Every time in this century we've lowered the tax rates across the board, on employment, on saving, investment and risk-taking in this economy, revenues went up, not down.
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Both France and Britain are supportive of India's bid for a broad-based agreement on trade and investment with the European Union.
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I opened an office in Terre Haute, established eight of them, and became one of the eight county agents.
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The U.S., out of all places, is just absolutely incredible.
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Sending a couple of guys to the Moon and bringing them back safely? That's a stunt! That's not historic.
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The guys who walk on Mars are going to be historic.
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If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not "a little bit of love," but major surgery. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitor to Jesus Christ. You must have a right-standing relationship with Him yourself, and pour your life out in helping others in His way— not in a human way that ignores God.
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Investors should absolutely look at short interest because short sellers do better homework than buyers of stock. That's for sure.
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Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.
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I have never worked for fame or praise, and shall not feel their loss as I otherwise would. I have never for a moment lost sight of the humble life I was born to, its small environments, and the consequently little right I had to expect much of myself, and shall have the less to censure, or upbraid myself with for the failures I must see myself make.
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Style is a very personal thing and women should develop their own individual look.
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With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven.
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It ought to be recognized for what it is: an absolutely historic investment by the County of Los Angeles.
