Also, it's good to have more than one profession, in case your own pro…

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Also, it's good to have more than one profession, in case your own profession goes out of style. A Wall Street trader who's also a belly dancer will do a lot better than a trader who winds up driving a taxi. ✨ 'We still have the same disease'. Interview with Margaret Wente, www.theglobeandmail.com. September 13, 2009.
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Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer. ✨ We still have the same disease. Interview with Margaret Wente, www.theglobeandmail.com. September 13, 2009.
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If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile, p.37, Random House

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