"But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong."

James Wolfensohn, Australian Businessman

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"But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong."

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