"Being a good private equity investor is more complicated than it seems. I would say that there are a few characteristics that are important. If you look at the skill set that you need to ultimately be a successful private equity investor, at least at the senior level, you have to be, in this business, a good investor. You have to be able to help companies perform and you have to have judgment around exiting investments. If you look at the skill sets there, they include some things you can teach and some that you can't."

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Source : The Harbus Interview, www.harbus.org. February 2, 2004.

David Bonderman

#Senior Quotes #Successful Quotes #Important Quotes

“As a relatively young woman - I'm 33 - I hope to one day have a family and already have commitments. If and when I'm elected as an MP, I would face a choice: take my family with me to London each week or be apart for four, maybe five, nights a week.”

Source : "Despite Sarah Palin, the glass ceiling for women in politics remains" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2008.
“How many voices have escaped you until now, the venting furnace, the floorboards underfoot, the steady accusations of the clock numbering the minutes no one will mark. The terrible clarity this moment brings, the useless insight, the unbroken dark.”

Source : Dana Gioia (2016). “99 Poems: New & Selected”, p.14, Macmillan
“In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.”
“My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details.”
“I often get myself in love trouble because I'm so passionate; I love so much and so deep.”
“My dream role would be something that challenges me in every facet of the industry.”
“In the new organisation, power flows from expertise, not position.”
“But I never let a fantasy get away, because I always stop to analyze it.”

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