Stephen A. Schwarzman quotes
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“My personal taxes are 53% of my taxable income. That's 36% on the federal level and 17% for state and local.”
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“If I get angry, it's obvious. I don't have to say much.”
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“I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.”
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“I'm concerned with China growing at double or triple the rate of the West, that there will be tensions. One needs to do something to start addressing misunderstandings and frustration.”
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“My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.”
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“I don't feel like a wealthy person. Other people think of me as a wealthy person, but I don't. I feel the same as when I was a fifth-year associate trying to make partner at Lehman Brothers. I haven't changed.”
-- Stephen A. SchwarzmanSource : "The Birthday Party" by James B. Stewart, www.newyorker.com. February 11, 2008.
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“I've lived through periods of illiquidity before. Asset prices come down. The economy slows or even goes into recession. Then the cycle re-starts. We buy at lower prices with less leverage.”
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“For future geopolitical stability and global prosperity, we need to build a culture of greater trust and understanding between China, America and the rest of the world.”
-- Stephen A. SchwarzmanSource : "Wall Street tycoon creates $300M China scholarship". www.foxnews.com. April 21, 2013.
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“It's wonderful to learn about new cultures and to be able to travel easily to so many countries.”
-- Stephen A. SchwarzmanSource : "Scene Last Night: Schwarzman, Peterson, Icahn, Morrison, Roth" by Amanda Gordon, www.bloomberg.com. May 24, 2011.
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“I love picking people. I started Blackstone, and we had no people, and now we have with our portfolio companies about 750,000 people all over the world. Everybody who is at a senior level has ultimately been picked by me.”
-- Stephen A. Schwarzman
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