"There are a lot of ways that investment banking models work, but these risks are not internalized by the people that are taking them."

-- Robert F. Engle

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“If you ever find yourself walking a mile in my shoes, I hope that you would be at least be given the same choice.”

Source : "My right to death with dignity at 29" by Brittany Maynard, www.cnn.com. November 2, 2014.
“Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other peopleâ€™s stuff.”
“A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.”
“Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically -- while simulating a triumphant march forward -- than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?”
“The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.”
“It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.”
“The Sexual Revolution is a complete rebellion against authority, natural and supernatural, even against the body and its needs, its natural functions of child bearing. This is not reverence for life, it is a great denial and more resembles Nihilism than the revolution that they think they are furthering.”
“I am comfortable talking about sex scenes and stuff, but to me, when it's physically explicit, I do feel prudish and uncomfortable.”

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