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> [There is an old saying, "How did you go bankrupt?" And the answer is, "Gradually, and then suddenly." The impending fiscal crisis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/there-is-an-old-saying-how-did-you-go-bankrupt-and-the-answer-is/)

[Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/)

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> [I did go bankrupt because everybody copied me - every single industry. But genuinely, it doesn't matter. I swear I don't care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maripol/i-did-go-bankrupt-because-everybody-copied-me-every-single-industry/)

[Maripol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maripol/)

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> [“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/how-did-you-go-bankrupt-bill-asked-two-ways-mike-said-gradually-and/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [How did we go bankrupt? Two ways. Slowly, and then all of a sudden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/how-did-we-go-bankrupt-two-ways-slowly-and-then-all-of-a-sudden/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [How did you go bankrupt?" Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/how-did-you-go-bankrupt-two-ways-gradually-then-suddenly/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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