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Quotation by Oliver Stone
Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years ago for 60 thousand dollars. I could sell it today for 600. The illusion has become real and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it.
Oliver Stone (b. 1946), U.S. filmmaker, and Stanley Weiser, U.S. screenwriter. Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), Wall Street (1987).
The character of Gekko was loosely based on financier Ivan Boesky (see Boesky's comment under "greed").
The character of Gekko was loosely based on financier Ivan Boesky (see Boesky's comment under "greed").
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