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14 quotes by Stephen A. Schwarzman

Stephen Allen Schwarzman (born February 14, 1947) is an American business magnate and financier. He is the chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group, a global private equity and financial advisory firm he established in 1985 with former US Secretary of Commerce Pete Peterson. His personal fortune is estimated at $10.8 billion, according to Forbes. As of 2014, Forbes ranks Schwarzman as 122nd on its World's Billionaires List.
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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... →

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If I get angry, it's obvious. I don't have to say much.

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It's wonderful to learn about new cultures and to be able to travel easily to so many countries.

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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 can't micromanage what anybody pays or doesn't pay. But the concept that half of the public isn't involved with the income-tax system... →

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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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My father was very bright. My mother had enormous drive. Put that together, and that's my gene pool.

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The library helps lower- and middle-income people - immigrants - get their shot at the American dream.

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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I've always been comfortable with people who run things, whether it was the principal of my high school or the president of the university.

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