"Some people still think the price is high, it makes me laugh, " said Smith.

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And I think it's really smart, and it makes me laugh.

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The cat just makes me laugh every time.

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The whole thing makes me laugh because ever since I started reporting on Wall Street and financial services firms in the 1980s, FINRA, then known as the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), had a reputation for being impotent.

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Manti Te'o's story makes me want to laugh as much as cry.

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That's what makes me able to appreciate it and be able to laugh about it.

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"Tout nouveau, " he tells me from his restaurant in Lyon, adding a one-liner that makes the translator laugh.

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