Think big, think positive, never show any sign of weakness. Always go for the throat. Buy low, sell high. Fear? That's the other guy's problem. Nothing you have ever experienced will prepare you for the unbridled carnage you are about to witness. Superbowl, The World Series—they don't know what pressure is. In this building, it's either kill or be killed. You make no friends in the pits and you take no prisoners. One minute you're up half a million in soybeans and the next, boom, your kids don't go to college and they've repossessed your Bentley. Are you with me?

Trading Places

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Finance Capitalism Pressure

Speaker

Louis Winthorpe III

Actor

Dan Aykroyd

Source

Trading Places

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Trading Places. Directed by John Landis, Paramount Pictures Studios/Cinema Group Ventures, 1983.

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