Mark Billingham Quotes

I could never gamble on stocks and shares because I saw my father get hurt that way - he lost quite a lot of money when the stock market collapsed in 2001.

Mark Billingham

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• Lost
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• Stock

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• I could never gamble on stocks and shares because I saw my father get hurt that way - he lost quite a lot of money when the stock market collapsed in 2001.

  

  Mark Billingham
  • Money
  • Father
  • Lost