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" Bearing in mind most companies rely on the middle classes in developed countries to sell goods and services throughout the value chain, dealing with inequality is a matter of brutal enlightened self-interest. It's simple economics: Global stability equals global growth equals profits. "

" Davos is probably the world's most elite society, but it dresses itself up as a non-elite event. Don't be fooled. You must wear a specially coloured badge, which shrieks your status to others. "

" Go to The Spaniards Inn on Hampstead Heath. It's an old-fashioned pub, and from there, you can look out over the London skyline. "

" I believe you leave opinions and views with your hat and coat at the door. "

" I don't think many people would disagree that the world is fractured. "

" If the ship is sinking, you need help getting off that ship. "

" I may interrupt people or be nasty, but I am never rude. So every interview starts with a shake of a hand and ends with a shake of a hand. "

" I passionately believe if you put on an act, the audience will be able to tell. That does not mean that I am going to be talking in top volume all the time in private conversations... Clearly, broadcasting has to be an extension of yourself; it's an exaggerated version of you. "

" I was fascinated by the fact that in Osaka, we saw people using their cell phones to pay for small goods. "

" Limos are fine for prime ministers or presidents who need the security, but there's no need for CEOs or executives to have one as a status symbol. "

" Malaysia Airlines is a robust airline - it's been around for many years. It has an excellent reputation, both for service and for safety. "

" Markets don't like instability, investors shy away from uncertainty, and consumer confidence goes down in difficult times. "

" My grandparents and great-grandparents were classic East European/Russian Jewry. Quasky was the name until Grandpa Quasky changed it in 1948. "

" Never let it be said that the world of international economics isn't exciting or adventurous. OK, I exaggerate, because not even the most imaginative mind could construe the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to be a nail-biting barn burner. "

" New Zealand's economy may be more immune... from the waves of disruption elsewhere, but I guarantee you, it's not that immune. "

" People often talk about parachute journalism, but one of the skills that you get when you are a correspondent is the ability to look at facts fast and work out what the story is. "

" 'Selfie' is the word du jour, and it became cause celebre at Nelson Mandela's funeral when the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt took a selfie with U.S. President Barack Obama and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron. "

" The fact is that the rich are getting richer while the poor are being left behind. Women remain under-represented in boardrooms and under-engaged in the global workforce. Environmental change is leaving the poorest countries vulnerable. Voters are becoming more and more politically polarised and partisan. "

" The fundamental rule of the business traveller must be nothing must stop you from getting there. "

" The potential of fire on board an aircraft is among the most serious issues in aviation. "

" There can be no equivocation. I am Jewish. "

" There is no easy way to ask serious-minded men and women who hold high office, and who have matters of state on their mind, 'Do you mind if I take a quick selfie?' "

" The sheer number of facts that are unknown about what happened when Malaysia 370 disappeared is quite staggering. "

" Trump was elected, in large part, to disrupt everything that the WEF represents. "

" WEF should restrict the number of passes for limos in the parking lots. They need to Keep it Simple. "

" You don't need Math to do business reporting. Business is all about choices that consumers make. "

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