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““On Wall Street, the lawyers play the same role as medics in war: They come in after the shooting is over to clean up the mess.””

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“The author refers to a player's affected nonchalance and comments he is, "too young to realize you are what you pretend to be.”

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A banking system is an act of faith: it survives only for as long as people believe it will.

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