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The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works.

Gordon Gekko: The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works.

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Lunch is for wimps.

Gekko: Lunch is for wimps.

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I’m tapped out Marv. American Express got a hit man lookin’ for me.

Bud Fox: I’m tapped out Marv. American Express got a hit man lookin’ for me.

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Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.

Carl Fox: Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.

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How much is enough?

Bud: How much is enough?
Gekko: It’s not a question of enough, pal. It’s a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn’t lost or made, it’s simply transferred from one perception to another.

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Man looks in the abyss, there’s nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.

Lou Mannheim: Man looks in the abyss, there’s nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.

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The main thing about money, Bud, is that it makes you do things you don’t want to do.

Lou: The main thing about money, Bud, is that it makes you do things you don’t want to do.

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Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them.

Bud Fox: Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them.

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If something’s worth doing it’s worth doing for money.

Gordon Gekko: If something’s worth doing it’s worth doing for money.

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The most valuable commodity I know of is information.

Gekko: The most valuable commodity I know of is information.

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Why do you need to wreck this company?

Bud Fox: Why do you need to wreck this company?
Gordon Gecco: Because it’s wreckable, all right?