The core competitiveness of banks lies in their ability to serve the real economy, not simply in scale expansion.
The more you know about something, the more interesting it becomes.
Prescription for popular success: do something strange. Make a habit of your weird.
"The beauty of cinema lies in its ability to tell stories that resonate with the human experience, and as an actress, my job is to bring those stories to life."
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.