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So you think we might have put a few people out of business today. That it's all for naught. You've been doing that everyday for almost forty years Sam. And if this is all for naught then so is everything out there [points to the skyline of New York City]. It's just money; it's made up. Pieces of paper with pictures on it so we don't have to kill each other just to get something to eat. It's not wrong. And it's certainly no different today than its ever been. 1637, 1797, 1819, 37, 57, 84, 1901, 07, 29, 1937, 1974, 1987-Jesus, didn't that f***er f***ed me up good-92 , 97, 2000 and whatever we want to call this. It's all just the same thing over and over; we can't help ourselves. And you and I can't control it, or stop it, or even slow it, or even ever-so-slightly alter it. We just react.And we make a lot of money if we get it right. And we get left by the side of the road if we get it wrong. And there have always been and there always will be the same percentage of winners and losers, happy f** *ers and sad suckers, fat cats and starving dogs in this world. Yeah, there may be more of us today than there's ever been. But the percentages-they stay exactly the same.

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  • Eric Dale: I run risk management... it just doesn't seem like a natural place to start cutting.

  • Seth Bregman: Will, did you really make two and a half million last year?

    Will Emerson: Yeah, sure.

    Seth Bregman: How did you spend it all?

    Will Emerson: It goes quite quickly. You know, you learn to spend what's in your pocket.

    Peter Sullivan: Two and a half million goes quickly?

    Will Emerson: All right, let's see. So the taxman takes half up front, so you're left with one and a quarter. My mortgage takes another 300 grand. I send 150 home for my parents, you know, keep 'em going. So what's that?

    Peter Sullivan: 800?

    Peter Sullivan: All right, 800. Spent 150 on a car. About 75 on restaurants. Probably 50 on clothes. I put 400 away for a rainy day.

    Seth Bregman: That's smart.

    Will Emerson: Yeah, as it turns out, 'cause it looks like the storm's coming.

    Peter Sullivan: You still got 125.

    Will Emerson: Yeah, well I did spend 76,520 dollars on hookers, booze and dancers. But mainly hookers.

    Peter Sullivan: 76,5?

    Will Emerson: I was a little shocked initially, but then I realized I could claim most of it back as entertainment. It's true!

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