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Provided that there are capital markets, I think our profession will be as eternal as that of prostitution. You're just betting on human nature, the darker side of human nature.
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Most days, I feel like there's some purpose to what we do, and that is trying to hold people accountable. I don't know that our systems of accountability really work much at all anymore.
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That to me seems to be pretty American when we're out there protecting investors.
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It violates the spirit of the law, but not the letter of the law.