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f5a7cc7 | "The Piranha didn't talk like a person. He said things like "If you fuckin' buy this bond in a fuckin' trade, you're fuckin' fucked." And "If you don't pay fuckin' attention to the fuckin' two-year, you get your fuckin' face ripped off." Noun, verb, adjective: fucker, fuck, fucking. No part of speech was spared. His world was filled with copulating inanimate objects and people getting their faces ripped off." | bond-trading human-piranha salomon-brothers wall-street | Michael Lewis | |
d95835d | "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." | john-gutfreund john-meriwether liars-poker salomon-brothers wall-street game | Michael Lewis | |
e2aab5d | "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." | lewie-ranieri salomon-brothers tom-strauss | Michael Lewis |