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Undefeated Motivation

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"Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction." -Warren Buffett -Undefeated Motivation
Warren Buffett 

“Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.” -Warren Buffett

“Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.” -Warren Buffett

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“If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man’s intelligence and his comprehension… would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The United States strongly seeks a lasting agreement for the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests. We believe that this would be an important step toward reduction of international tensions and would open the way to further agreement on substantial measures of disarmament.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower
“When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.” -Robert Louis Stevenson
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