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In the financial world it tends to be misleading to state, There is no free lunch. Rather the more meaningful comment is, Somebody has to pay for lunch.
Martin J. Whitman
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Martin J. Whitman
Age: 93 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 2018
Died: April 16
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