Lawrence Wright - In places where money comes out of the ground, luck and a willingness to take risk...

Lawrence Wright Zitate

In places where money comes out of the ground, luck and a willingness to take risks are the main denominators that determine one's future, not talent or education or hard work. Money that is so easily acquired somehow comes to seem well deserved, because those who have it must be either uniquely perspicacious or divinely favored.

Lawrence Wright

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Deutsche Übersetzung

An Orten, wo Geld aus dem Boden kommt, sind Glück und Risikobereitschaft die wichtigsten Nenner für die Zukunft, nicht für Talent, Bildung oder harte Arbeit. Geld, das so leicht zu beschaffen ist, scheint irgendwie verdient zu sein, denn diejenigen, die es haben, müssen entweder eindeutig durchsichtig oder göttlich begünstigt sein.

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