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Stephen A. Schwarzman
American
Businessman
Business
Good
People
Think
World
You
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What I've found in being around political people is they're willing to negotiate their ideology somewhere around 5 percent. They believe that's really stepping out. And it's really hard to do business when you only move 5 percent from your ideology.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
You
Business
People
Political
Somewhere
Ideology
Believe
Negotiate
Out
Willing
Percent
Only
Stepping
Around
Move
Being
Really
Your
Hard
Found
In the charitable world, I find myself giving to large projects that I think can make a large-scale impact.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Myself
World
Giving
Think
Projects
Find
Charitable
Impact
Make
Large
Large-Scale
Don't go into something you actually don't know much about, in the hopes that you're going to get really financially successful and rewarded... even though people think you're, like, terrific.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
You
People
Think
Though
Financially
Hopes
About
Something
Like
Know
Terrific
Go
Get
Going
Rewarded
Much
Really
Successful
Even
Actually
I think people have to read more and learn more about what's going on internationally.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
People
Think
About
More
Learn
Read
Going
Internationally
After years of studying French in school, one of my professors said he'd really appreciate it if I didn't take any more French.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
School
More
Take
He
Studying
French
Said
Years
Any
After
Really
Professors
Appreciate
As the world has become more predatory and aggressive, my impression is that the investment banking business has moved from being relationship-oriented to being increasingly transaction-oriented.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Business
World
Become
Aggressive
Increasingly
More
Investment
Impression
Moved
Predatory
Banking
Being
Education around entrepreneurship should start early, at secondary level, and be very robust by college level.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Education
College
Secondary
College Level
Entrepreneurship
Around
Robust
Very
Should
Level
Start
Early
China is an indomitable force, and they have a commitment for excellence.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Commitment
Excellence
Indomitable
Force
China
Deals really have to do with the overlap of what one side wants and the other side wants, and it's really just the discovery of where that overlap is and how you decide to get there.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
You
Other
Side
Deals
How
Overlap
Discovery
Get
Just
Where
Decide
Wants
Really
Always, always make good on what you say.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Good
You
Say
Make
Always
Paid leave is worth every penny.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Worth
Penny
Every
Leave
Paid
I'm doing my sit-ups and watching CNBC. Suddenly, somebody starts talking about me on television... The business has gone into a weird zone of visibility. For those of us who have done it for a long time, it's strange.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Time
Me
Business
Strange
Somebody
Long
Long Time
Gone
Starts
Visibility
Those
Television
About
Weird
Talking
Doing
Done
Us
Who
Suddenly
Watching
Zone
When deals go wrong, you have no one else to blame, so you yell at yourself, and you yell at others.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
You
Blame
Yourself
Others
Else
No-One
Wrong
Deals
Go
Yell
I didn't get to be successful by letting people hurt Blackstone or me.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Me
Hurt
People
Get
Successful
Letting
I didn't want to be a retailer. I hated to wait on people.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
People
Wait
Hated
Want
I chose to start Schwarzman Scholars because I saw the potential for the world to become focused and unhappy with China, in large part because of the populism that was growing throughout the world.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
World
Unhappy
Become
Saw
Focused
Potential
Throughout
Scholars
Part
Because
China
Large
Growing
Large Part
Chose
Start
Sleeping at night is not a specialty of entrepreneurs. The entrepreneur who is sleeping soundly, something bad is happening to that person; they just don't know it's happening yet.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Entrepreneur
Sleeping
Bad
Something
Entrepreneurs
Know
Person
Just
Happening
Who
Specialty
Night
I like things with upside. That's how you make money.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
You
Money
Like
Make
How
Upside
Things
China on the world stage, in terms of interaction with the rest of the world, has been relatively very new due to the long isolation period until Deng Xiaoping's times.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
World
Rest
Long
Isolation
Stage
Relatively
Has-Been
New
Until
Terms
Period
Due
Been
Very
Times
Interaction
China
World Stage
I'm pretty good on my feet. I'm pretty decent at bobbing and weaving, but there's only so long you can bob and weave when you don't have a good base.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Good
You
Long
Pretty
Weave
Weaving
Pretty Good
Only
Feet
Decent
Bob
Base
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