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Stevens:
He majored in philosophy. And the best way Carl
could exercise his lifelong need
to show superiority to the Brahmin culture that dominated Princeton
in those days was to win the senior thesis, which is the equivalent
of being valedictorian. Carl:
The thing I enjoy
by far the most, and maybe in my life,
that I'm the proudest of, was my thesis. And I just wanted to prove that I could accomplish
something. Stevens:
It's almost unreadable,
it's so complex. But he got his revenge, and he won that senior thesis. I'm telling you,
this is very arcane stuff
He majored in philosophy. And the best way Carl
could exercise his lifelong need
to show superiority to the Brahmin culture that dominated Princeton
in those days was to win the senior thesis, which is the equivalent
of being valedictorian. Carl:
The thing I enjoy
by far the most, and maybe in my life,
that I'm the proudest of, was my thesis. And I just wanted to prove that I could accomplish
something. Stevens:
It's almost unreadable,
it's so complex. But he got his revenge, and he won that senior thesis. I'm telling you,
this is very arcane stuff
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Stevens:
He majored in philosophy.
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And the best way Carl
could exercise
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his lifelong need
to show superiority
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to the Brahmin culture
00:00:10.209 --> 00:00:12.083
that dominated Princeton
in those days
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was to win the senior thesis,
00:00:13.833 --> 00:00:16.075
which is the equivalent
of being valedictorian.
00:00:16.833 --> 00:00:19.002
Carl:
The thing I enjoy
by far the most,
00:00:19.125 --> 00:00:22.000
and maybe in my life,
that I'm the proudest of,
00:00:22.998 --> 00:00:23.167
was my thesis.
00:00:23.025 --> 00:00:24.075
And I just wanted to prove
00:00:24.833 --> 00:00:27.334
that I could accomplish
something.
00:00:28.875 --> 00:00:32.998
Stevens:
It's almost unreadable,
it's so complex.
00:00:32.167 --> 00:00:34.209
But he got his revenge,
00:00:34.292 --> 00:00:37.334
and he won that senior thesis.
00:00:38.666 --> 00:00:42.000
I'm telling you,
this is very arcane stuff.
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Movie Summary
Explores the fascinating contradictions at the heart of the famed financier, Carl Icahn. Amassing close to $20 billion dollars over the last half century and at the forefront of some of the most legendary business deals of our times.
