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Attributing "greed is good" to Michael Douglas is like attributing "Soon the world will feel the loving grip of the Pax Bisonica!" to Raúl Juliá.



Obviously I'm aware that he didn't write it, and that it doesn't necessarily reflect his personal views. I was being lazy, but it's also true that when most people read those words they picture them coming out of his mouth.


Comparing attributing “greed is good” to Michael Douglas to attributing “Soon the world will feel the loving grip of the Pax Bisonica!” to Raul Julia is like comparing attributing “I get no respect” to Rodney Dangerfield to attributing “git er done” to Larry the Cable Guy.




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