Stephen A. Schwarzman Quotes

• Down cycles are not fun. But they form the basis for enormous future profitability

  Stephen A. Schwarzman

  Fun, Form, Enormous

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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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  Jobs, People, Needs

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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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  Economy, Assets, Periods

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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.

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  America, Understanding, Needs

  "Wall Street tycoon creates $300M China scholarship". www.foxnews.com. April 21, 2013.

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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.

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  Brother, Thinking, Years

  "The Birthday Party" by James B. Stewart, www.newyorker.com. February 11, 2008.

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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.

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  Senior, People, World

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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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  Country, Culture, Able

  "Scene Last Night: Schwarzman, Peterson, Icahn, Morrison, Roth" by Amanda Gordon, www.bloomberg.com. May 24, 2011.

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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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  Income, Levels, Wealth

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

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  Obvious, Angry, Ifs

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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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  Frustration, Needs, Growing

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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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  Issues, Feelings, Important

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