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Lincoln was the spokesman of the rising capitalist class of the North, who viewed the emancipation of Negro slaves as indispensable to the development and triumph of the manufacturers and bankers of the industrial North, East and West over the slave-holder of the South.

~A. Philip Randolph

Topics: Bankers Capitalist Class Development East Emancipation Indispensable Industrial Lincoln Manufacturers North Over Rising Slaves South Spokesman Triumph Viewed West Who

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Vampires are sleek demons for good times. They suavely leech off society - like investment bankers who plunder outsize shares of deals for themselves or rapacious fund managers.

~Adam Cohen

Topics: Bankers Deals Demons Fund Good Good Times Investment Like Managers Off Plunder Shares Society Themselves Times Vampires Who

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ICG became a dot-com joke, a one-stock example of extreme hubris on the part of its management and the investment bankers and sell-side analysts who embarrassed themselves by pumping it up.

~Adam Lashinsky

Topics: Analyst Bankers Became Embarrassed Example Extreme Hubris Investment Joke Management Part Pumping Themselves Up Who

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Around the district, I've talked to more local bankers who are scared to death.

~Alan Nunnelee

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Debt, we've learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains - pick your favorite: bankers, regulators, central bankers, politicians, overzealous consumers, credit rating agencies - but all require one similar ingredient to create a true crisis: too much leverage.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: Agencies Bankers Central Consumers Create Credit Crisis Debt Every Favorite Fire Ingredient Learned Leverage Lights Match Much Own Pick Politicians Rating Require Set Similar Too Too Much True Villains Your

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Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life.

~Anjelica Huston

Topics: Around Bankers Everyday Everyday Life Farmers Father Fathers Films Friends Had How Just Life Made Movie Movie Stars Others Part People Saw Some Some People Stars Them Were Who

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When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People urged me to declare bankruptcy, but I felt personally responsible for tens of thousands of employees.

~Anne M. Mulcahy

Topics: Bankers Bankruptcy Became Calling Ceo Company Debt Declare Dire Employees Felt Me Mounting People Personally Responsible Sinking Situation Stock Tens Tens Of Thousands Thousands Urged Were Xerox Years Years Ago

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The role of monetary policy is to smooth out business cycles by promoting steady inflation and healthy labor markets, but modern central bankers have taken an activist turn.

~Anthony Scaramucci

Topics: Activist Bankers Business Central Cycles Healthy Inflation Labor Markets Modern Monetary Monetary Policy Out Policy Promoting Role Smooth Steady Taken Turn

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Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.

~Arthur Erickson

Topics: Afford Aspects Bankers Cannot Concerned Culture Economic Environment Human Implications May Natural Natural Environment Only Projects Serious Urban

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Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients' welfare.

~Barry Schwartz

Topics: Always Bankers Bore Clients Course Had Interested Making Making Money Money Responsibility Some Welfare Were

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