"The CDO was, in effect, a credit laundering service for the residents of Lower Middle Class America. For Wall Street it was a machine that turned lead into gold."

-- Michael Lewis

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“It was just the best thing in my life, to come to Minnesota.”
“The curve and the fast one are important; the change of pace and the other trick deliveries are great but they're not worth a plugged nickel unless you have control to go along with them. And by control I don't mean the ability to put the ball over the plate somewhere between the shoulders and knees. I mean the ability to hit a three-inch target nine times out of ten, the sort of control that lets you put the ball in the exact spot you want it, and to play a corner to the split fraction of an inch.”
“How could one be in this world without feeling dismayed by it? Even if one paints flowers and gingerbread.”
“Name a sexual disease, she got it like Sam Goody.”
“I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.”
“I place myself in situations where a lot of people are going to be, and bring a particular body of work that reflects the people already there. You have to study your subject.”

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“(Oklahoma Thunder center Kendrick) Perkins doesn't like other NBA players.”
“It is an honor to appear on the side of the afflicted”

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