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The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does.

~David Rubenstein

Topics: Arts Between Complicated Division Does Else Lot Nothing People Performing Performing Arts Place Tend Unify Way World

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What do most people say on their deathbed? They don't say, 'I wish I'd made more money.' What they say is, 'I wish I'd spent more time with my family and done more for society or my community.'

~David Rubenstein

Topics: Community Deathbed Done Family Made Money More Most People People Say Say Society Spent They Say Time Wish I Wish

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As the baby boomers like me are retiring and getting ready to retire, they will spend whatever it takes - and they're the wealthiest generation in our country - to make themselves live an enjoyable life in their retirement years.

~David Rubenstein

Topics: Baby Baby Boomers Boomers Country Enjoyable Generation Getting Life Like Live Make Me Our Ready Retire Retirement Retiring Spend Takes Themselves Whatever Will Years

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Moneymaking was never anything to me. I was happy never making money; I just was happy doing things I liked. But I fell into the money thing. I now don't feel guilty about it, but I am determined to give away the bulk of it and enjoy doing it.

~David Rubenstein

Topics: About Am Anything Away Bulk Determined Doing Enjoy Feel Fell Give Guilty Happy Just Liked Making Making Money Me Money Never Now Thing Things I Am

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I'm on a lot of nonprofit boards, but if I didn't enjoy it I wouldn't do it. I haven't yet done anything that's transformational in philanthropy. But I hope at some point to target two or three causes or organizations and really make transformational gifts.

~David Rubenstein

Topics: Anything Boards Causes Done Enjoy Gifts Hope Lot Make Nonprofit Organizations Philanthropy Point Really Some Target Three Two

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I'm blessed by the fact I only need five hours of sleep on a daily basis. I do tend to regard Saturday and Sunday as work days.

~David Rubenstein

Topics: Basis Blessed Daily Daily Basis Days Fact Five Hours Need Only Regard Saturday Sleep Sunday Tend Work

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I regard food as fuel. I am not a brunch person.

~David Rubenstein

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People used to think that private equity was basically just a compensation scheme, but it is much more about making companies more efficient.

~David Rubenstein

Topics: About Basically Companies Compensation Efficient Equity Just Making More Much People Private Scheme Think Used

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I realised how rich I had become and I asked myself, 'Do I really want to be the richest person in the cemetery?'

~David Rubenstein

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I've given some money to the scholarships in the District of Columbia, to the best students in D.C... many of the students have written me letters telling me they could not have afforded to go to college without the scholarship and money I've given them.

~David Rubenstein

Topics: Afforded Best College Columbia Could District Given Go Letters Many Me Money Scholarship Scholarships Some Students Telling Them Without Written

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: August 11th, 1949

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