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I didn't get the charm gene.
The worst is likely to be behind us.
I hate good press, and I abhor bad press.
I don't think a bankruptcy is a good thing.
There's a lot of things we could do better.
Regulation needs to catch up with innovation.
Simply put, a Trump presidency is unthinkable.
One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing.
Moral hazard is something I don't take lightly.
I've always said, 'I don't want to be irrelevant.'
I see the underlying economy as being very healthy.
I have relied on prayer for health care all of my life.
There are some things that you can work on immediately.
It's hard to punish and save the banks at the same time.
I'd have liked to have been another Faulkner, of course.
The cheapest and cleanest energy is the energy you don't use.
China's growth and stability is a vital issue for all nations.
I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.
As a Christian Scientist, I don't go to doctors and get diagnoses.
Frankly I'm a bit concerned when it comes to U.S.-China relations.
When it comes to the presidency, I will not vote for Donald Trump.
Foreclosures are a significant problem; they're an economic problem.
A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy.
China needs a currency that reflects underlying economic fundamentals.
In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.
As our relationship with China grows and matures, tensions will naturally emerge.
I prefer to work at the policy level, on trying to fix flawed government policies.
I will never apologize for changing the approach or strategy when the facts change.
I am suspicious of career engineers, people that plan it out every step of the way.
There is no way to stabilize the markets other than through government intervention.
Anticompetitive practices hurt Chinese private firms nearly as much as foreign ones.
I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments.
I don't take lightly ever putting the taxpayer on the line to support an institution.
In all my life, I've been trained that when there's a big problem, you run toward it.
When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.
Complexity and interconnectedness matter as much as size in assessing risk in banking.
An AIG failure would have been devastating to the financial system and to the economy.
What I've said repeatedly is, 'I think the auto industry is a very important industry.'
If you've got a bazooka, and people know you've got it, you may not have to take it out.
Too often, we restrict trade that would create U.S. jobs and is in our national interest.
Taxpayer money should not have to be spent to save a misguided and mismanaged enterprise.
If the financial system collapses, it's really, really hard to put it back together again.
Illiquid asset purchases are all about capital and encouraging private capital to come in.
I grew up on a farm - I know the smell of horse manure. It does smell better than pig manure.
China saves too much, produces too much, sells too much to Americans and consumes too little.
There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep's clothing.
I know the automakers are important to the United States. We care about the automobile industry.
There's always light at the end of the tunnel, right? It just depends on how long the tunnel is.
Predators, they're the best coal miners' canary. When they're gone, you've got a sick ecosystem.
There is big resistance from vested interests in China that don't want to open up to competition.