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" It's a winner-take-all world. "
Kenneth C. Griffin
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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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" Business is business. I don't manufacture cars, but we do manufacture money. "
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" I want tension in my business. Tension creates change. Change is necessary to evolve and prosper. I am never satisfied. "
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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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" It is often constructive to meet with a candidate for a particular office, but I believe what is most important is the candidate's track record. "
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" We think that excellence in investing comes from focus. "
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" It is my hope that visitors, artists, and students from around the world will experience all that MoMA has to offer for generations to come. "
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" In our firm's earliest days, our understanding of the power of great software engineering and quantitative analytics helped Citadel stand out. "
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" As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent. "
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" You can't succeed in the markets today unless you are part of a great team. The team is the essence of how you win. "
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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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" When a company creates a product that directly or indirectly adversely impacts the health of people, that product must be regulated. The process by which it's created must be regulated. No company has the right to injure people. No company. "
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" Long ago, I had to sort of learn to have a thick skin to read some of the things you read in the papers and to also keep my ego in check when you read some really flattering things in the papers. "
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" We're going through a period of retrenchment as the dynamics of the playing field are changing. "
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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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" 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 set up my own trading center in my Cabot dorm room... with my computer, my fax machine, and my telephone. "
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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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" Citadel's Capital Market division plays an important role in our nation's financial markets. Our broker-dealer is the largest market maker in options in the United States, executing approximately 30 percent of all equity option trades daily. "
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" It's important for me to be No. 1. "
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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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" 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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" Speaker Ryan's vision for a confident America, both at home and abroad, reflects his thoughtful leadership. "
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" I'm the CEO; I'm the one who should be looking out for risk. "
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" The resources at Harvard - its professors, our fellow students, the libraries, its alumni - created for me the opportunity to pursue my passions in finance. "
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" Those who have enjoyed the benefits of our system more than ever now owe a duty to protect the system that has created the greatest nation on this planet. "
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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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" I had to learn to trust people, and I realized that success was going to be born in hiring really bright people - very self-motivated, very able to make good judgment calls day in and day out. "
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