17 Nicolas Berggruen Quotes for You to Enjoy

Nicolas Berggruen

American Businessman

Born: Aug 10, 1961

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I don't mind staying in one place for a while - I like to spend a lot of time in Los Angeles. It's a place where nobody goes out, where people will leave you alone. People in Los Angeles love themselves and they love what they do and they leave you alone. If you're isolated, you have a real advantage. You can work. Nicolas Berggruen

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Think of everything in Seattle - Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks. Then you go down to Silicon Valley - Intel, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter. What does New York produce? Nicolas Berggruen

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Luckily the whole world is not like me, or else, there would be no world. Nicolas Berggruen

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Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it. Nicolas Berggruen

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I don't have a house, and I don't have a lot of time for socializing, so every year I have a party for all of my friends. Nicolas Berggruen

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I tend to end relationships, so she can find somebody better than me. Because I want to be fair to people. I cannot devote enough energy and time and devotion to her. I think that is fair, no? Nicolas Berggruen

Commodity exchanges have a lot of advantages. One, you are helping transparency. Two, they are not political. It's institutional building. It can survive any environment, in theory. Nicolas Berggruen

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Whatever I own is temporary, since we're only here for a short period of time. It's what we do and produce, it's our actions that will last forever. That's real value. Nicolas Berggruen

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Other people might have family - three kids or five houses. In my case, that doesn't exist. I'm going to give everything away. Everything has been transferred to charitable trusts. There is no question about that. The question is where, not if. Nicolas Berggruen

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L.A. is very special to me, so far away from my world on the East Coast, Europe, Asia. It's a bit of an island for me - less intense, less busy; because of time difference and location, it has a calming effect. At least it used to be all that. Nicolas Berggruen

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California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build. Nicolas Berggruen

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California has something which not every place in the world has: It has what I would call a sunny side, and I don't mean just physically, but the sunny side is a future. California's worth saving, to put it bluntly. Nicolas Berggruen

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I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not. Nicolas Berggruen

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I understand the human instinct to want to create a nest and possess things, to show them off, but for me personally, it became less and less interesting. Nicolas Berggruen

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Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away. Nicolas Berggruen

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I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.' Nicolas Berggruen

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