"In an ideal world, one populated by vegetarians……" — John Lanchester
"In an ideal world, one populated by vegetarians and Esperanto speakers, derivatives would be used for one thing only: reducing levels of risk. The list of individual traders who have lost more than a billion dollars at a time betting on derivatives is not short."
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John Lanchester
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14 Quotes by John Lanchester
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Richness, the ideas of having plenty of money, is not ... an absolute state. Richness is about the amount of…
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The person doing the worrying experiences it as a form of love; the person being worried about experiences it as…
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The standard personality type for a writer is a shy megalomaniac.
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But knowing that you had gone wrong, and knowing how you had gone wrong, were not the same thing as…
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The seven Ps: Proper Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss-Poor Performance
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It can be a way of knowledge, a path, an inspiration, a Tao, an ordering, a memory, a fantasy, a…
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The financial system in its current condition poses an existential threat to Western democracy far exceeding any terrorist threat.
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You heard people say forty was the new thirty and fifty was the new forty and sixty was the new…
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We wouldn't care so much what people thought of us if we knew how seldom they did.
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Sometimes, the only way of doing something is to do it.
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Somebody told me ... that he overheard a banker's wife saying her husband was working for free this year-this was…
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It's as if people used the invention of seat belts as an opportunity to take up drunk driving.
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