Felix Rohatyn Quotes
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I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.
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God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
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Now is the only thing that exists.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.
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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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This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.
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President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of a government shutdown.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.
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The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.
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I don't desire happiness. I think it's a myth, and I don't think it's... and it makes you complacent. I feel very satisfyingly uncomfortable. I have the freedom to feel uncomfortable in the way I want to, is maybe a way to put it.
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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Getting rid of all the world records would be a bit of a radical move.
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Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.
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I want to still be singing at 70 years old. I want to be open to the dreams I haven't even dreamed up.
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You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.
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The entire intelligence community is so bloated and so reliant on contractors. There's no question there's many tasks that make sense to outsource, and yet, we have followed blindly this dogma that if it's private contracting, it must be better.
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What do I need it for, millions of dollars? It just sounds like problems with the IRS to me.
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In America, black urban teenagers have long been lacking in inclusion. In France, there is a comparable lack of inclusion among North Africans. In much of Europe, there has been little attempt to include the Roma.
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If you're going to build a business that's based on community, your business has to have community in it.
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For too long, Americans have fallen victim to financial abuses at the hands of predatory lenders that operate in the shadows.
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Financial hydrogen bombs built on personal computers by 26-year-olds with MBAs.
