I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible, because dreams offer too little collateral.
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- As quoted in The Stuff Americans Are Made Of : The Seven Cultural Forces that Define Americans — A New Framework for Quality, Productivity, and Profitability (1996) by Joshua Hammond and James Morrison
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