Adena Friedman Quotes
One of many strengths that I often see in successful women on Wall Street is a responsible balance between risk taking and risk mitigation - the ability to assess situations smartly and make the right medium-to-long-term decisions without being lured into reckless, short-term profit-taking.
Adena Friedman
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
L. Neil Smith
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Vidya Balan
I've always known that I'll have a career for the rest of my life because they'll always make movies about men, and men need women in their lives. But, when it comes to telling a woman's story, they're complex, circular, and not genre-driven.
Frances McDormand
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Jack Keane
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Daniel Barenboim
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Mahershala Ali
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Paul Bryant
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Margaret Spellings
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Jack McBrayer
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Jamie Foxx
One of many strengths that I often see in successful women on Wall Street is a responsible balance between risk taking and risk mitigation - the ability to assess situations smartly and make the right medium-to-long-term decisions without being lured into reckless, short-term profit-taking.
Adena Friedman
