When you are buying companies, EVERYONE in the company feels very good. Their chests are puffed out. At Blackstone, I USED to tell people that there is NOTHING more fun than buying a company with SOMEBODY else's money. The business is growing, which creates more opportunity for your employees.
Read MorePart of doing stand-up is to GET THINGS off your chest. It's a BIT like being in a PSYCHIATRIST's chair - but more enjoyable.
Read MoreWe're very PRIVATE people and we TEND to WRITE about our RELATIONSHIPS but keep the actual details close to our chests.
Read MoreI can't stand on a podium and BEAT my chest saying I'm the best. I just think I've been the luckiest of all. YES, I'm TALENTED. The movies that I've chosen and the way they've fared have also helped. I've always done films I would love to watch. I have stayed away from films which I thought were DEPRESSING.
Read MoreI should CONTRIBUTE generously to the WAR chest of the Woman's CHRISTIAN Temperance UNION. But, I do not contribute at all.
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