I was watching Jack Lemmon act his heart out in The China Syndrome, earlier -- which, of course, also stars Michael Douglas;
and, I suppose, my mind just made a few leaps forward of its own, to one of the latter's best ever performances....

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"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.
Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind...."
(Gordon Gekko: Wall Street -- Oliver Stone/Stanley Weiser)