"This crisis is not simply a more severe version of the usual business cycle recession, the typical downturn in which economies ultimately adjust and stabilize."

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Source : "Geithner's Speech to the Economic Club of Washington" by Timothy Geithner, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 22, 2009.

Timothy Geithner

#Usual Quotes #Typical Quotes #Fierce Quotes

“I've worked in so many areas -- I'm sort of a dilettante. Basically, I'm not interested in doing research and I never have been.”
“I love to shop, especially in retro stores. I have about a million pairs of old-school sports shoes like Adidas, so that's probably my biggest vice.”
“Everything is so finite but thatâ€™s what makes our time and specific moments so important.”
“I guess I'm curious about how people process grief and how they process loss. And I'm also interested in the ways in which an event can have long-reaching consequences and a life over the course of years.”

Source : "Staying Awake with Dan Chaon". Interview with Clare Stein, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 6, 2012.
“You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.”
“We are the people are parents warned us against.”
“Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. OK? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is whack.”
“There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.”

Source : 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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