Gary Cohn - I was a horrible student.

I was a horrible student.

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Author Profession: Businessman

Nationality: American

Born: August 27, 1960

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Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. That's how you stand out in the crowd.

Time You People Opportunity

Keep yourself motivated. You've got to be motivated, you've got to wake up every day and understand what that day is about; you've got to have personal goals - short term goals, intermediate goals, and long term goals. Be flexible in getting to those goals, but if you do not have goals, you will not achieve them.

Day You Goals Yourself

China is the big economic engine in Asia, so what happens is, as China growth expands, these countries in the periphery of China, whether it be Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, they end up growing with China because they become big exporters.

Growth End Singapore Big

Gary Cohn doesn't care about the estate tax, I can guarantee you. I can guarantee you.

You Care I Can Tax

We want to go back to a tax system where Americans sit down at their kitchen table, and they do their taxes on a single sheet of paper. That's what we should have in this America.

Go Kitchen Down America

Education is important. And the difference of the zip code you grow up in or the zip code you are born in and how you turn out really isn't fair to the kids of our world.

Education You World Grow

I don't think it's good for anyone to be in the public light - for negative reasons.

Good Light Think Negative

There is a finite group of major financial players... and overall, the best thing for all of us is to be in an industry that's well respected, well regarded, and well thought of.

Best Group Thought Us

I don't drink hot beverages.

Upon graduation, believe it or not, I had no job. I had no interviews. I had no prospects. I had no worries. What I did have, I had passion. I had enormous passion. I had passion for financial markets. I had fallen in love with financial markets.

Love Passion Believe Job

Have a goal. Know where you want to end up. Knowing where you want to end up is a lot easier than figuring out how to start and how to get there. You will figure out how to get there. Do not chart your career. Trust me; you do not want to chart your career.

Me Trust You End

I would like to get the tax rate as low as possible so that businesses want to create jobs here.

Want Create Like Possible

We want to keep a preferred rate for capital gains - we think it is important to encourage investment.

Think Important Want Investment

As a patriotic American, I am reluctant to leave my post as director of the National Economic Council because I feel a duty to fulfil my commitment to work on behalf of the American people.

Work I Am People Feel

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