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" Investors who find the best businesses to put their money behind are rewarded for their research. "

Kenneth C. Griffin

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" One of the great advantages that I had in my career is I started trading 24 hours a day in my early 20s, and I had to learn to delegate to people. "

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" I get very worried that people that are buying bitcoins don't really understand what they're participating in other than the headline stories that it keeps going higher and 'I want to make sure I don't miss this opportunity to make some money.' "

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" The success story at Citadel has been written by a number of people who have backgrounds from the University of Chicago. "

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" There will come a time and place it will be appropriate for us to consider going public. "

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" Walk across any of the trading floors - they are full of 29-year-old kids. The capital markets of America are controlled by a bunch of right-out-of-business-school young guys who haven't really seen that much. "

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" So many of the great thought leaders that have shaped economics - Gary Becker, Milton Friedman - what an unbelievable success story they've had in their field. "

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" Let me be clear: All I really care about is my kids know that their parents love them. "

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" In some industries, we refer to risk taking as 'research and development.' At financial institutions, we often take risk by investing in securities. "

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" I did not forsee a day where the government had to intervene to bail out basically everybody. "

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" I have known Senator Rubio for a number of years, and he is an inspiring, courageous, and bold leader who embodies the American dream of freedom and equal opportunity for all. "

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" I have an economics degree from Harvard. "

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" If you look at Citadel today, that's really - the founding principle of the firm is a real pursuit of talent, a pursuit of people who have a passion for finance, and a pursuit of individuals who make good decisions day in and day out. "

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" Don't act like a bank unless you are a bank. That was a really big lesson learned from 2008. "

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" I think if you look at the realm we're discussing, which is the political realm, I think it would be impossible to find an action by any politician intended to specifically favor either my firm or myself. "

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" If I could wave a magic wand, I'd break up the banking system. "

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" For choice, I prefer not to be a public figure. I don't have Tom Cruise's good looks. I don't have a need to be on the front page of fill-in-the-blank. "

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" The investment banks should either choose to be regulated as banks or should arrange to conduct their affairs to not require the stop-gap support of the Federal Reserve. "

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" My fantasy is to break up the big banks. I wish we would end 'too big to fail' in our banking system. "

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" Should we think about separating the investment banks from the commercial banks, a new Glass-Steagall? I would be really excited to see that. I think it would be great for the economy. "

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" I set up my own trading center in my Cabot dorm room... with my computer, my fax machine, and my telephone. "

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" I've often thought of successful entrepreneurs as individuals who have just the right expertise - at just the right moment - to solve the emerging problems of their time. "

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" Gambling is entertainment... Financial markets, what one often refers to as speculation, is really the force by which we move capital to the best and highest use. "

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" The key to our business, it's a lot of research. "

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" In our first decade, I interviewed about five thousand people in pursuit of the talent that would create our future. As our success grew, we became known across the four corners of finance not just for our outstanding returns, but also for our outstanding people. "

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" When you read that UBS did not even view parts of its mortgage portfolio as having market risk, it becomes very obvious that a number of firms were not dotting the i's and crossing the t's when it comes to risk management. "

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