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Echoes of Gekko on Wall Street

Given the chaos in the markets and the uproar over greed and risk-taking in the financial sector, Village thought it might be a good time to revisit some of the best lines of Gordon Gekko, antihero of seminal financial services blockbuster Wall Street, played by Michael Douglas, particularly with its sequel, Money Never Sleeps, in the pipeline. Admittedly, Gekko's lines are probably best kept to oneself rather than shouted from rooftops at the moment, but they do have resonance.

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