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    Banking, I would argue, is the most heavily regulated industry in the world. Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things.

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    Between the Community Redevelopment Act, requiring banks to make what I would call very weak loans, and specific quotas that the Congress imposed on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, that created the market demand that really led to the subprime phenomenon.

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    Each weekend I play at least one and maybe two sets of tennis a day. My doubles team was in the finals recently at my tennis club in Palm Beach and lost a tiebreaker after a three-hour match. I must confess, by the end of the three hours, I was relieved it was over.

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    I'm pro-trade, but I'm pro-sensible trade, not pro-trade that is to the disadvantage of the American worker.

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    I see myself as a private-equity investor that helps rebuild companies. Restructuring is a cottage industry in that there aren't that many serious practitioners.

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    Shale gas, if left to flourish, could create several hundred thousand more jobs.

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    Ships are a strange kind of commodity because they're very lumpy, very big individual units, but they're commodities.

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    We're in the business not so much of being contrarians deliberately, but rather we like to take perceived risk instead of actual risk. And what I mean by that is that you get paid for taking a risk that people think is risky, you particularly don't get paid for taking actual risk.

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    What is worrisome about that is the U.S. standard of living. I think it is very difficult to envision our standard of living being preserved if we are in an economy where all people do is flip hamburgers, wait on people in stores, and sue each other. It’s not much of a basis for an economy.