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The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

Rupert Murdoch

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Rupert Murdoch
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: March 11
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I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.
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We've got to get rid of the fear of failure in this country. In America, people start things, fail and shake themselves down and start things again. The animal spirit of capitalism is stronger there.
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So long as I can stay mentally alert - inquiring, curious - I want to keep going. I love my wife and my children, but I don't want to sit around at home with them. We go on safaris and things like that. I can do that for a couple of weeks a year. I'm just not ready to stop, to die.
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I feel that people I trusted - I don't know who, on what level - have let me down, and I think they have behaved disgracefully, and it's for them to pay. And I think, frankly, that I'm the best person to see it through.
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If Hillary [Clinton] gets elected what she's promised to do with the [New York] banks is going to make London boom.
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When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies - and I'm proud of the ones I've got.
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The buck stops with me, but I can tick off dozens of very good senior executives that are responsible for hundreds or thousands of people who work for me.
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You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.
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[Falling pound] makes us more competitive.
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As an immigrant, I chose to live in America because it is one of the freest and most vibrant nations in the world. And as an immigrant, I feel an obligation to speak up for immigration policies that will keep America the most economically robust, creative and freedom-loving nation in the world.
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I did not come all this way not to interfere
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We must have sweeping, generous immigration reform, make existing law- abiding Hispanics welcome. Most are hard working family people.
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