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Christina Stead Quotes: I know your breed; all your fine officials debauch the younger girls who are afraid to lose their jobs: that's as old as Washington.
         

I know your breed; all your fine officials debauch the younger girls who are afraid to lose their jobs: that's as old as Washington.


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No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.

No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.



If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.



A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.



The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.

The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.



Venus can see at night without eyes.

Venus can see at night without eyes.



Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic

Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic



When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth.

When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth.



About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.

About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.



Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.

Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.



Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience.

Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience.





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Jesus knows our world. He does not disdain us like the God of Aristotle. We can speak to Him and He answers us. Although He is a person like ourselves, He is God and transcends all things.

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Never do human beings speculate more, or have more opinions, than about things which they do not understand.



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Why do we Fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.



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I also am not particularly risk-averse - I don't mind jumping off a cliff if I trust the people who've told me they'll catch me at the bottom.



History is the memory of time, the life of the dead and the happiness of the living.

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I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.

I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.



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