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mrleinad on Oct 28, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, ...

Well, if a poor person would say that, you'd think that he's trying to fool himself to accept his situation.

I think a billionaire knows better about that.

dendory on Oct 28, 2011 | [–]

He could give me a billion, and then I'll tell you.

option1138 on Oct 28, 2011 | [–]

this

I see such bad financial advice coming from those who obviously have never made money (shouldn't be surprising, I guess). And then when someone comes along who has made a lot of money, most people ignore what they have to say.

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