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The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are. – David Dinkins

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing – and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election. – Olympia Snowe

We were told this war would be over in a matter of weeks, and that the Iraqis would be able to finance it with oil sales. We were promised it was not a mission of nation building. – Sherrod Brown

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed. – John Rawls

What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines. – James L. Buckley

We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics. – Tom Daschle

While neurological studies have tried to identify components responsible for fear and greed, the impact on finance is less clear. – Andrew Lo

My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury. – Merton Miller

Arbitrage proof has since been widely used throughout finance and economics. – Merton Miller

In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the single most self-denying thing that Congress has ever done. – Elena Kagan

I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds. – Ehud Barak

I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films. – John Hurt

I now work for a finance company in Luxembourg with projects in South America and the Caribbean. – Mathias Rust

I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge. – Ben Nelson

The more anxious, isolated and time-deprived we are, the more likely we are to turn to paid personal services. To finance these extra services, we work longer hours. This leaves less time to spend with family, friends and neighbors we become less likely to call on them for help, and they on us. – Arlie Russell Hochschild

Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views. – Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development. – Rodrigo Rato

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections. – Peter Schuyler

Our strength in finance has led us to set up an international financial centre with medium and long-term objectives, especially to develop Islamic financial and insurance services. – Hassanal Bolkiah

Hats have been my thing pretty much my whole life but finance has not. I would go to the corner store and buy really cheap baseball style caps and wear those to school. – Ne-Yo