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There's an old Wall Street cautionary rhyme: "He who sells what isn't his'n, must buy it back or go to prison."
A Hazard of Fortunes George Melloan 2012
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"He who sells what isn't his'n, Must buy it back or go to prison."
Archive 2008-09-01 Not a sheep 2008
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For individual traders, JPMorgan doesn't follow the Wall Street maxim: He who sells what isn't his'n, must buy it back or go to pris'n.
Janet Tavakoli: JPMorgan's Losses From Indecent Overexposure 2010
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As Daniel Drew put it, he who sells what isn't his'n, must pay the price or go to prison.
Cthulhu Explains it All EliRabett 2010
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Bum Phillips said of Don Shula: "He can take his'n (players) and beat your'n, or he can take your'n and beat his'n."
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Obama is collecting a variety of players, but the team he is assembling is his'n.
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Former Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints head coach Bum Phillips once said about trying to beat the legendary Don Shula: "He can take his'n and beat your'n, then turn around and take your'n and beat his'n."
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Of Royal, the ball coach at the University of Texas who loved the 'bone and broken' bone both, it was said: "He can take his'n and beat your'n, or take your'n and beat his'n."
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Right Wing, Left Wing, Single Wing 2008
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But I got off of mine and back on his'n when he died, because his'n was a little more than mine.
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He'd just take so much and give me the rest of his'n, and I'd take mine, and put it together and pay bills.
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