"Derivatives in and of themselves are not evil. There's nothing evil about how they're traded, how they're accounted for, and how they're financed, like any other financial instrument, if done properly."

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Source : "Q&A With Jim Chanos Part I: 'Greece Is A Prelude'". Interview with Vince Veneziani, www.businessinsider.com. April 13, 2010.

James Chanos

#Evil Quotes #Done Quotes #Derivatives Quotes

“Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this. We're not about to shut the government down over the fact that we cannot, only controlling one house of Congress, tell the president that we're not going to fund any portion of [Obamacare]. Because we can't do that.”
“With friends like these, who needs hallucinations?”

Source : "Fictional character: Buddy Ryan". "Night Court (TV Series). From Snoop to Nuts: Part 2", www.imdb.com. 1989.
“Everything that is created begins in the mind”

Source : Ruth Fishel (1988). “Learning to live in the now: 6-week personal plan to recovery”, Hci
“Rampaging horsemen can conquer; only the city can civilize.”
“Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.”
“Well, I guess I am about the livest dead man you ever saw; although I was once asked to accept a coffin.”
“Terry Pratchett's right up my alley ... give him a try!”
“Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.”

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