Stephen A. Schwarzman Quotes

I love picking people. I started Blackstone, and we had no people, and now we have with our portfolio companies about 750,000 people all over the world. Everybody who is at a senior level has ultimately been picked by me.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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LovePeopleMeWorldNowOver

Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art; he was the giant. No American created so many aesthetic openings for so many artists.

Jerry Saltz

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Unlike national legal systems, there are precious few avenues to address judicial activism at the WTO. You pretty much have to gain consensus to change the agreements, or simply withdraw from the system. The first is nearly impossible, and the second would be - in the view of many - cataclysmic.

Robert Lighthizer

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Peace in the head, peace in the stomach.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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It's hard to talk about yourself.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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A stronger dollar increases U.S. dollar purchasing power.

Steve Mnuchin

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I think there's an inevitable fact that I somehow absorb part of what I'm doing, because that's what you're constantly thinking about, and that's what's in your veins, and that's what you get up at 4:30 in the morning for and fall into bed after.

Toni Collette

MorningThinkThinkingDoingYouUp

When we tour, there's always this unique quality to every town you visit... Touring, you get a sense of a collective identity for different cities. That's one of the things I love about my job.

Mat Kearney

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That's why fame freaks me out in a lot of ways - because how genuine of a connection can you have when you're a commodity, and a conversation with you means bragging rights? That's terrifying to me.

Mary Lambert

MeYouConnectionConversationWhy

If you think you know the consumer better than anyone, then you're in real trouble. So we take a close watch. You spend time in stores.

Mickey Drexler

TimeThinkBetterYouTroubleKnow

If there were more than one path to salvation then it would totally negate Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, his life, his teachings.

Josh McDowell

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I really try to spend as little time as possible on grooming. I think if you have a good moisturizer and a solid razor to clean up the beard, you're golden.

Chris Evans

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I definitely want to keep working in Ireland, and without being too worthy about it, if it's possible to bring work into the country, that's no harm.

Chris O'Dowd

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