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My entire career has been built on the understanding that I am not only not the smartest person in the room, I am definitely not the smartest person in the world. And I am instead going to try to create as many opportunities to connect those great ideas and help them be great. ”
It thrills me to write reference letters for enterprising founders who are looking to get visas to start their companies here, to create value and jobs for these United States. ”
The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clinton's leadership. ”
We need to focus on green jobs: solar, wind, geothermal, biomass. There's so many opportunities. But other countries like China are getting ahead of the curve. ”
I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut. ”
It seems easier to make a career out of comedy now than it was in the 1980s. ”
Building companies involves creating great wealth. If that means I am an oligarch, OK, it's fine. But if being an oligarch is about buying football clubs, it is not for me. ”
My wealth is reflected in the price of Severstal, and the number of shares I have in my possession doesn't have any impact on the company. ”
We appreciate size, but only if it is robust growth. Just to be big is not a target. ”
I was born to a dad who was born in the South Bronx while the Bronx was burning, while landlords were committing arson to their own buildings. ”