Kenneth C. Griffin Quotes
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.
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I want to avoid injuries by running only road.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
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For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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I was assigned to the heavy cruiser Chicago.
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The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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I come from a background of hiding everything behind a computer.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
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I hope I give a good performance; I hope it's enjoyable. If I'm a villain and you hate me, that means I'm doing my job. But I'm not the one to stand for anybody to call me out of my name for any reason.
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The Ferguson Grand Jury's decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown is a miscarriage of justice. It is a slap in the face to Americans nationwide who continue to hope and believe that justice will prevail.
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In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects.
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Surely it is more interesting to argue about what the truth is, than about what some particular thinker, however great, did or did not think.
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It's a winner-take-all world.
