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Christina Stead Quotes: I never wanted to marry anyone like my father; I always preferred those more shoddy.
         

I never wanted to marry anyone like my father; I always preferred those more shoddy.


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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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To stuck in the comfort zone is to never find out what you are capable of.



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Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.



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Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.



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Unfortunately, little darlings, there is no such thing as a simple love story.The most transitory puppy crush is complex to the extent of lying beyond the far reaches of the brain's understanding.

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