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I don't control the political world.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
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I grew up in a small town outside Philadelphia and went to the local high school, where I ran track all four years.
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Inaccurate analysis produces faulty insights and bad decisions - which lead to losing a tremendous amount of money.
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Today, whenever I'm under pressure to make a decision on a transaction but I don't know what the right one is, I try desperately to postpone it. I'll insist on more information - on doing extra laps around the intellectual parking lot - before committing. I take the same approach with people, too.
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Blackstone is a major client of many of the largest banks around the world.
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In life, you'll often find that having influence and providing sound advice is a good thing, even if it attracts criticism or requires some sacrifice.
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When you lose control of risk at a financial institution, you do a variety of unfortunate credit extensions or purchases - and all of a sudden, you've blown up your business.
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Washington, D.C., puts enormous burdens on people who, at the end of the day, are just humans.
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What I've found in being around political people is they're willing to negotiate their ideology somewhere around 5 percent. They believe that's really stepping out. And it's really hard to do business when you only move 5 percent from your ideology.
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In 2014, Blackstone was the most profitable money manager in the world. I did not anticipate that.
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I like creating new things.
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I've learned that all investments have risk.
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