"Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences."

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Source : "The Storm ... how to survive it (and how to prevent its return)" by Vince Cable, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2009.

Vince Cable

#Loss Quotes #Years Quotes #Gambling Quotes

“I am laughably aggressive, and the rest of the band is very laid back, so we mix well.”

Source : "New Again: Garbage". Interview with Paige Powell and Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 23, 2012.
“While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.”
“Stereotypes are fast and easy, but they are lies, and the truth takes its time.”
“...Let's get to the image as quickly as possible, let's get to the message even faster, and let's find the scale to knock you over the head with the image and the message.”
“Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works. I like Michelangelo's vision, 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
“Hardware is easy to protect: lock it in a room, chain it to a desk, or buy a spare. Information poses more of a problem. It can exist in more than one place; be transported halfway across the planet in seconds; and be stolen without your knowledge.”
“To create an extraordinary quality of life, you must create a vision that's not only obtainable, but that is sustainable.”
“After years and years of accumulating papers, I keep feeling that I should give them to the library or something because they are beginning to overwhelm me.”

Source : Source: theatrenow.wordpress.com

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