Paul Singer Quotes

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Paul Singer

Profession : Businessman

Birth : August 22, 1944

Stability is not the way of the world.

Paul Singer

In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate.

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What would a loss of confidence in the dollar actually look like? Gold going absolutely nuts.

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Securing for gays and lesbians the basic right to have their relationships and families recognized as part of a community makes all of our communities stronger.

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America is a place where the freedom to be who you are shouldn't be a barrier to your ability to get a job and provide for your family.

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In the workplace, employees should be judged on their merit and hard work and not on aspects that are irrelevant to their performance.

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Given the typical fee structures of hedge funds, they need to do something different to make money in a consistent way.

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It is a very bad idea for governments to create arbitrary and unfair outcomes, or outcomes resulting from the passions and whims of the government rather than from the law, just because they have the power to do so.

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There is no safe haven in today's markets.

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I'm rarely optimistic.

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My concern as a citizen and as a money manager is, Oh my God, at what point does a 'whoa' moment happen to these people who own $30 trillion fixed income instruments?

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So many people, including stark conservatives, have family members and close friends who are gay.

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It is impossible to understand the financial health of big financial institutions and their potential impact on the market. They don't even understand it themselves.

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Obviously, the institution of marriage in America has utterly collapsed.

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What I think about derivatives is if every institution that owns or trades them is properly margined and marked to market, including end-users, including every institution, including sovereigns and multilateral institutions, then the system would be safe - if people were margined the way customers of investment banks are margined.

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Margin is a customer concept.

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Individual liberty, the basic underpinning of American society, requires constant defense against the encroachment of the state.

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'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

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I've never let my guard down by saying, 'I don't need to be hedged.'

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What you have in legacy countries is long-term insolvency.

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