They would never know what anything's worth.

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It is highly likely that, if they knew then what they know now, directly elected mayors would never have got off the ground.

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Yet looking at bank stocks you would never know they were churning out blockbuster profits.

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And they would never miss the chance to let him know that.

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Without constantly pushing my senior colleagues to formulate decisions, I would never be able to learn and know what they are made of.

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And, you know, I always ran for the United States Senate and would never have the courage to run for governor or mayor, because they know where you live -- (laughter) -- and you really have to get things done.

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And they simple don't know how the ECB would react - whether it would do something that central banks are never supposed to do, which is provide unsecured loans, or whether it would allow the bank to fall over, and risk a chain reaction of collapsing banks.

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