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The most notable quotes from American Banker stories of the previous week. Readers are encouraged to add their own observations in the Comments fields at the bottom of each slide.

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On why the $22 billion-asset Umpqua Holdings (UMPQ) should still be considered a community bank:

"What does size have to do with it? Being a community bank is a state of mind."

— Ray Davis, chief executive of Umpqua

Related Article: Umpqua Aims to Show Community Banking Isn't a Matter of Size

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On why bankers need to make time for their personal lives:

"Who's going to push us around the old folks' home? It's not our coworkers."

— Colleen Taylor, executive vice president at Capital One Financial (COF)

Related Article: Influential Women in Payments Offer Advice on Driving Change

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On a proposal to add a 0.1% fee to mortgage-backed securities to support affordable housing:

"This fee ain't nothing but a tax."

— Robert Couch, an attorney at the Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Related Article: Concerns Raised Over Affordable Housing Fee as GSE Bill Nears Vote

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On the candidacy of Brian Rebhorn for a directorship at Harvard Illinois Bancorp (HARI):

Rebhorn's "qualifications seem to center around being the store manager of Buck Bros."

— Joseph Stilwell, activist investor

Related Article: Activist Investor Stilwell Accuses Ill. Bank of Nepotism

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On how regulatory pressure is encouraging smaller banks to consolidate:

"Community banks are slowly being euthanized."

— E. David Locke, chairman and chief executive of McFarland State Bank in Wisconsin

Related Article: S Corp Consolidation Could Be Side Effect of Basel III

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On a Vermont law forbidding TV and search-engine ads for unlicensed online lenders:

"In the same way that they wouldn't knowingly advertise for drug cartels, we're advising them that these companies are not licensed to do business in Vermont."

— William Sorrell, Vermont Attorney General

Related Article: Vermont Targets TV Stations, Search Engines in Online Lending Crackdown

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On why environmentally focused banks need to be profitable and grow:

"'No margins, no mission' is what I like to say."

— Vincent Siciliano, president and chief executive of the $215 million-asset New Resource Bank in San Francisco

Related Article: Community Banks Carve Out Niche with Environmental Focus

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On the need to reform the credit bureaus after last year's theft of personal data from Experian:

"The entire industry is long overdue for a sanity check."

— Brian Krebs, security expert and former Washington Post reporter

Related Article: Experian Breach Exposes Broad Problems at Credit Bureaus: Brian Krebs

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