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> [I think the hedge-fund industry has taken a reputational turn for the worse, this dog-eat-dog stuff. I'm not just talking about Herbalife or J. C. Penney, but in other situations where the media really focuses on who's long and who's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/i-think-the-hedge-fund-industry-has-taken-a-reputational-turn-for-the/)

[Bill Ackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ackman/)

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## Other authors on Fund Industry

## More by Bill Ackman

> [As a result of overdiversification, their (active managers) returns get watered down. Diversification covers up ignorance. Active managers haven't done enough research into any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/as-a-result-of-overdiversification-their-active-managers-returns-get/)

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> [I love what I do. I don't do it for the money. I work on behalf of investors that I like and want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/i-love-what-i-do-i-don-t-do-it-for-the-money-i-work-on-behalf-of/)

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> [I'm an extremely, extremely persistent person. Extremely. And when I believe I am right, and it is important, I will go to the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/i-m-an-extremely-extremely-persistent-person-extremely-and-when-i/)

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> [I'm not emotional about investments. Investing is something where you have to be purely rational and not let emotion affect your decision making -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/i-m-not-emotional-about-investments-investing-is-something-where-you/)

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> [Experience is making mistakes and learning from them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/experience-is-making-mistakes-and-learning-from-them/)

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> [You can learn investing by reading books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/you-can-learn-investing-by-reading-books/)

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> [If you think of the typical Herbalife distributor and their level of sophistication, to this day I still don't understand the marketing plan -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/if-you-think-of-the-typical-herbalife-distributor-and-their-level-of/)

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> [Short-term market and economic prognostication is largely a fool’s errand, we invest according to a strategy that makes the need to rely on short-term…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/short-term-market-and-economic-prognostication-is-largely-a-fool-s/)

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> [In order to be successful, you have to make sure that being rejected doesn’t bother you at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/in-order-to-be-successful-you-have-to-make-sure-that-being-rejected/)

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> [I was a little bit of a cocky kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/i-was-a-little-bit-of-a-cocky-kid/)

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> [Preserving the 30-year prepayable fixed-rate mortgage - it's like the bedrock of the housing system - is critical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/preserving-the-30-year-prepayable-fixed-rate-mortgage-it-s-like-the/)

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> [I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/i-am-always-prepared-to-do-the-right-thing-regardless-of-what-other/)

[Bill Ackman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-ackman/)

> [If I believe that I am right, I will take it to the end of the earth until I am proven right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/if-i-believe-that-i-am-right-i-will-take-it-to-the-end-of-the-earth/)

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> [Herbalife: the customers are fictitious, the business opportunity is a scam, the university degree is a fraud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/herbalife-the-customers-are-fictitious-the-business-opportunity-is-a/)

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> [Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-ackman/investing-is-a-business-where-you-can-look-very-silly-for-a-long/)

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