"These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."

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Source : The New York Times, September 11, 2003.

Barney Frank

#Two Quotes #People Quotes #Pressure Quotes

“A meringue is really nothing but a foam. And what is a foam after all, but a big collection of bubbles? And what's a bubble? It's basically a very flimsy little latticework of proteins draped with water. We add sugar to this structure, which strengthens it. But things can, and do, go wrong.”
“What you really are afraid of is that you're competing against somebody who is rich and irrational. I mean, it used to be a given, a saying in the industry: Don't ever bid against Rupert Murdoch for anything Rupert wants, because if you win you lose. You will have paid way too much.”
“Creative power is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take the desired form.”
“Christianity is the only faith whose founder died for His followers in order to enable them to escape the consequences of their sins.”
“I've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Racing is licking your opponent's plate clean before starting on your own”

Source : Tim Krabbé, Tim Krabbe, Sam Garrett (2003). “The Rider”, p.19, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.”
“The wide open nature of any truly creative artistic endeavor is one of its most important virtues, and one of its harshest realities. Only the most determined, hardest working, capable and creative will make their way to earning a good living by their art.”

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