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“Shining a light creates shadows,”
― Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
― Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
“A Home without Equity Is Just a Rental with Debt,”
― The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
― The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
“The difference between Strauss and Ranieri?” says one trader still at Salomon. “That’s easy. Strauss wouldn’t stoop to use the men’s room on the trading floor. He’d go upstairs. Lewie would piss on your desk.”
― Liar's Poker
― Liar's Poker
“What Gutfreund said has become a legend at Salomon Brothers and a visceral part of its corporate identity. He said: “One hand, one million dollars, no tears.”
― Liar's Poker
― Liar's Poker
“I walked over to the TV set and turned it on to a dead channel—white noise at maximum decibels, a fine sound for sleeping, a powerful continuous hiss to drown out everything strange.”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Bkilpatrick’s 2025 Year in Books
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