The Bonfire of the Vanities
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We should move up here.
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Have you ever thought about moving out
of New York?

:33:09
Keep a small place in town.
Save loads of money. What do you think?

:33:15
About what?
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Do you think we could leave New York?
:33:22
My father did it.
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You are not your father.
:33:28
She knew how to hurt a guy.
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No, he was nothing like his father.
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His father, "The Lion of Dunning,
Sponget and Leach. "

:33:38
His father, who took the subway
to work every day of his life.

:33:41
His father, who believed
in principles and ethics...

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...whose lessons about duty and debt
had whistled through his son's head.

:33:51
Sherman McCoy was
nothing like his father.

:33:55
What're you looking for in that paper?
:33:58
Nothing. Nothing special.
:34:00
What's a bond?
:34:02
Sherman, do explain it.
:34:04
Yes, your mother and I really want
to hear this.

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A bond is a way of lending people money.
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Say you want to build a road or a hospital,
and you need a lot of money.

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What you do is issue a bond.
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Do you build roads?
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No, I don't actually build them.
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You're in over your head.
:34:28
Let me try.
:34:30
Darling, Daddy doesn't build roads
or hospitals or anything, really.

:34:35
Daddy handles bonds for the people
who raise the money.

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That's what he said. Bonds.
:34:43
Just imagine that a bond is a slice of cake.
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Now, you didn't bake that cake.
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But every time you hand a slice
of that cake to somebody else...

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...a little piece comes off.
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Little crumbs fall off.
:34:58
Really. Crumbs?

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