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For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.


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MARK RYDELL I've been thinking about the record since I reached the fifty plateau. But you think about it an...
MARK MCGWIRE O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover th...
MARK TWAIN A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.
MARK TWAIN Happiness ain't a thing in itself --it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so,...
MARK TWAIN There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to...
MARK TWAIN