Lee R. Raymond Quotes
It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.
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As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
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I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.
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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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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.
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There is an epidemic right now of girls dumbing themselves down... in middle school because they think it makes them attractive.
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I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
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If you only get money, but you don't care about a thing, right or wrong, you cannot last. That cannot sustain you for the future.
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There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually move recovery or retard it, and nothing final could ever come of that bitter debate because it is forever impossible to prove what might have happened in place of what did.
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Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.
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To me, the idea of success is to be able to work with people you admire.
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Anything that's feathery-looking, I love.
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Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, scene study and improving skills, you won't make it.
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He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.
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Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I'm really not worth being called an artist at all.
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Saying the Washington Post is just a newspaper is like saying Rasputin was just a country priest.
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My idea of working out is going upstairs in my apartment.
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It's disheartening to read the really negative stuff, but at the same time, I know who I am, and I'm comfortable with myself.
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Faith is born and preserved in us by preaching why Christ came, what he brought and gave to us, and the benefits we obtain when we receive him. This happens when Christian liberty-which he gives to us-is rightly taught and we are told in what way as Christians we are all kings and priests and therefore lords of all.
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Age isn't how old you are but how old you feel.
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Empowering innovations require long-term investments, which tie up capital for years and years. So companies are using capital to create more capital, and consequently, the world is awash in capital, but the innovations we need to advance aren't there.
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It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.
