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" I know people who are always freeriders and will never get into a fight. "
Paul Singer
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" 'Inequality' has become the political theme/slogan of our time in both Europe and the U.S., yet political leaders do not even bother to consider that their own policies, which put the entire burden on central bankers to print money and drive up stock, bond and other asset prices, are actually exacerbating income and wealth disparity. "
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" Resentment is not morally superior to earning money. "
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" America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family. "
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" Stability is not the way of the world. "
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" Capital is kind of a banking concept. "
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" What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts. "
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" It is impossible to understand the financial health of big financial institutions and their potential impact on the market. They don't even understand it themselves. "
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" In the workplace, employees should be judged on their merit and hard work and not on aspects that are irrelevant to their performance. "
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" There is no more reason to believe that Bitcoin will stand the test of time than that governments will protect the value of government-created money, although Bitcoin is newer, and we always look at babies with hope. "
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" Margin is a customer concept. "
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" You have got to welcome and embrace complexity. "
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Complexity
You
Embrace
" It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans. "
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True
Policy
" Imagine how much capital a country like Argentina might attract - if instead of defaulting seriatim and affecting a pose of anger toward creditors, it borrowed responsibly and honored its obligations. "
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Like
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" Check out London, Manhattan, Aspen and East Hampton real estate prices, as well as high-end art prices, to see what the leading edge of hyperinflation could look like. "
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Real
See
Real Estate
" The Orderly Liquidation Authority prescribed by Dodd-Frank should be repealed and replaced by an amendment to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code which would operate to prevent cross-default provisions from impacting derivatives books so long as mark-to-market payments are being made in a timely fashion. "
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Authority
Books
Fashion
" In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate. "
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Government
Up
Debate
" Obviously, the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed. "
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Institution
America
Marriage
" Opacity on extreme levels is not addressed anywhere, including Dodd-Frank. "
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Extreme
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" Derivatives trading should be standardized and as much as possible moved to clearinghouses. "
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Possible
Much
Standardized
" The Congo is very wealthy from oil money but is not paying its debts and at the same time is applying for special status at the World Bank. That's shocking and disingenuous. "
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Special
Time
World
" So many people, including stark conservatives, have family members and close friends who are gay. "
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Family
People
Many
" The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. "
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Time
Management
Money
" Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system. "
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Today
Small
Financial
" What I think about derivatives is if every institution that owns or trades them is properly margined and marked to market, including end-users, including every institution, including sovereigns and multilateral institutions, then the system would be safe - if people were margined the way customers of investment banks are margined. "
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Way
Safe
People
" The building block of every community is family. "
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Community
Block
Building
" I've never let my guard down by saying, 'I don't need to be hedged.' "
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Never
Saying
Down
" What you have in legacy countries is long-term insolvency. "
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Long-Term
You
" Successful hedge funds will be entrepreneurial; it is the essence of the craft. "
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" The bottom line is that the euro is a failed experiment. "
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Line
Bottom