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 Catherine Reynolds, billionaire philanthropist, in BusinessWeek

 The very fundamental reason for investing in mutual fund-diversification gets defeated when one opts for a sector fund. Why pay a fund its management fees when stocks are available in the market for any hot sector?

 Abhay Aima, country head,

 HDFC Bank, in Business India

 I'm going to try to buy a democratic future for my country. And I have enough money and energy to do that.

 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, chairman and principal owner

 of Russian oil behemoth Yukos, in Fortune

 Mikhail Khodorkovsky is very, very good at running an oil company. If my shareholders saw me running around making public statements about policy, they'd think I was crazy.

 Howard Cooper, CEO,

 Teton Petroleum, in Fortune

 The economic harm of stock option expensing cannot be overstated. At stake is the future strength and vitality of the American economy.

 Craig Barett, CEO, Intel, in an address to the US House Subcommittee

 No one can tell me that Warren Buffet is now too old to be in charge of Berkshire Hathaway. He is 88 years of age. He's been running it for 50 years and he's the most successful person in American business.

 Kerry Packer, Australian media mogul,

 in Fortune India