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I love picking people. I started Blackstone, and we had no people, and now we have with our portfolio companies about 750,000 people all over the world. Everybody who is at a senior level has ultimately been picked by me.

I'm good at picking friends.

I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.

If you're lucky enough to pick what you do, that's the greatest career you can have. Ultimately, that's my goal: to have choices.

I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they're doing.

I choose work with the people I like to work with.