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I don't throw darts at a board. I bet on sure things. Read Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Every battle is won before it is ever fought.

Wall Street · 1987

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Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone, American Entertainment Partners/American Films, 1987.

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