"In seventy years, Russia’s Communists had not succeeded in dealing markets such a telling blow as did its deadbeat capitalists."

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Source : Roger Lowenstein (2000). “When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management”, Random House Incorporated

Roger Lowenstein

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“memories are like corks left out of bottles. They swell. They no longer fit.”
“I take my hat off to the ladies. The amount of grooming-plucking and shaving and all the other things men never have to do. I went down and spent time with transvestites in London in the clubs and all that. Got an insight to that world, and it's a mad world, but they are very warm and very open people. It was a great experience.”
“Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be a constituent to make your voice heard.”

Source : Source: m.motherjones.com
“I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“None but the most blindly credulous will imagine the characters and events in this story to be anything but fictitious. It is true that the ancient and noble city of Oxford is, of all the towns of England, the likeliest progenitor of unlikely events and persons. But there are limits.”

Source : Edmund Crispin (2014). “The Moving Toyshop”, p.6, A&C Black
“I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.”
“There's no doubt that after you eat a lot of garlic, you just kind of feel like you are floating, you feel ultra-confident, you feel capable of going out and whipping your weight in wild cats.”
“Advertising ... is a parasitic activity; it forces goods for which there is no real need or demand on a foolish or even a reluctant public, always by appealing to their lower instincts.”

Source : Ann Bridge (2013). “Singing Waters”, p.175, A&C Black

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