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" If the banks become unreliable lenders, apartment prices will drop dramatically. "
Harry Triguboff
Will
Apartment
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" There's always room for an operator like Airbnb, but it's quite a different thing to my serviced apartments. Airbnb is a different market - it has nothing to do with me. "
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" I looked around, and I saw cottages everywhere. I thought it was time they lived in apartments. "
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" People have lots of money in super, but they have no money in the bank, and the super funds are not built to help people buy property. "
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" I don't think I have to combat Airbnb. It is like comparing Tiffany to a shop that sells things for one dollar. "
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Dollar
" I don't get involved in politics. I think that it is a waste of time and money because very often a politician cannot do much, and if you give him money, you embarrass him, so he can't do anything. "
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" The Chinese were good to us. The war years for us Russians in China were very good years. "
Harry Triguboff
Chinese
Years
War
" Chabad is very important because without Jewish education, Diaspora Jewry would disappear. "
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" This is a lifetime job. You don't look at it, you know, now and then. It doesn't really matter. When the market comes down, then I buy my land very cheaply, so I make my money on that. "
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Look
Know
Down
" Local councils are hostile to large developers and think that, by doing this, they are standing up for the community. But they're wrong. "
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Standing
Doing
Community
" I realized that we have to do everything we can to preserve the Jewish race. I'm very proud of it, and I think it's wonderful. "
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Race
Everything
" If we allow more development, it will bring housing affordability. "
Harry Triguboff
Development
Housing
More
" I would consider selling the whole company; I wouldn't like to sell just part of it, but on the other hand, I have a grandson intent on following my footsteps and another grandson in another couple of years. "
Harry Triguboff
Company
Selling
Hand
" I employ thousands of people, maybe 5,000 or 6,000. In my mind, they are all doing well. Because if they are not doing well in their minds, I'm not as strong as I could be. "
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Doing
Strong
Minds
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Only
Houses
Apartments
" I have never laid a brick in my life. But my people have laid more bricks than anybody else put together. Because I know how to pay. "
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Together
My Life
People
" We had a Jewish school; we had a Jewish club. My father was a main donor. My mother was on the committee of the school. "
Harry Triguboff
Mother
School
Club
" I'm a businessman, that's all. "
Harry Triguboff
Businessman
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Harry Triguboff
Stream
Good
Profit
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Good
Go
Keep Going
" The newspapers were always against me in the beginning because they thought I was depriving people of what they wanted. "
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Beginning
Always
Me
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City
Me
Dream
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Up
Sydney
Going
" I'm easy. Very easy. I'll tell you why I am easy. If someone is no good, I get rid of them. It is no good being tough on somebody who can't do the job. If he can do the job, then there is no point in being tough with him. "
Harry Triguboff
Good
You
Easy
" It's a very difficult business, and I'm very interested in the future of it after I'm gone, and I thought that if I can't produce a strong management team here myself, and I can find better management elsewhere, then I should sell it. "
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Strong
Myself
Team
" The market is good when the local people are in it and believe in it and support it. That's what I want. "
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Support
Want
Believe
" I've changed Sydney. It's my city, my people. I'm theirs. We belong to each other. "
Harry Triguboff
Belong
City
Sydney