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" I've lived to see key parts of my research absorbed in textbooks and in central banks around the world. And some finance ministries, too. "

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" I know how to finance something. It's easier today because, as you're more successful, everybody wants to do deals with you. But even in the beginning, when I took Landry's public, I owned 100 percent of it. I never had investors or anything. I was just always able to find a way to do it. "

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" We want to talk to celebrities about the things celebrities don't normally talk about. Like, we'd love to get Kim Kardashian to talk to us about finance. She is a businesswoman, after all. "

Jennifer Konner

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" If I had sat around and waited until I had an idea to be a successful photographer, I would still be in finance. "

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