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"People started going to the gym because of 1980's action movies. What are you doing to inspire culture?"
—Mike Cernovich
"If you're going through hell, keep going."
—Winston Churchill
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
—Confucius
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking."
—Steve Jobs
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Curiosity is the reason I wake up to go digging in the sometimes secretive world of trend following trading. Taking very little at face value and always questioning the system is my modus operandi. With the way I am talking do you really think teachers liked it when I raised my hand? Bloodhounds find things--sometimes things people want hidden.
Along the way I've challenged a number of people who have wanted to keep the curtains closed. In this small world, one of the more unlikely people to have asked me, "How do you go about unearthing details?" was Mikhail Gorbachev.
The former president had been told in Russian that I write about men who trade big money, so when we were introduced he asked me in Russian, "What is it like to write about these men?" Realizing his time was limited, I kept it short: "Very interesting." He waited for the translation. "It must be difficult to get behind the scenes; how do you do it?" I smiled, "Oh, I am very good at digging." He laughed. No translation needed there. He understood my English perfectly.
Lesson learned.
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