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Why are we in this mess, now facing the prospect of economic armageddon? It's because the prevailing characteristic has been greed, and it doesn't matter whether it's individuals living beyond their means or governments living beyond their means or people seeking to get rich quick. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#because #been #beyond #characteristic #economic

A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely. ↗

— James Payn

#developed #even #feel #get #good

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race. ↗

— James Payn

#because #benefit #cherished #example #human

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature. ↗

— James Payn

#communities #highly #invades #later #literature

I allowed the scriptwriter to come to my parties for research and it's a good thing he did otherwise I don't think Personal Services would've been so good. ↗

— Cynthia Payne

#allowed #been #come #did #good

Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards. ↗

— James Payn

#country #establishment #fail #must #nor

One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no difficulty in finding a title for one's essay, or that any embarrassment which might arise would be from excess of material. I find this, however, far from being the case. ↗

— James Payn

#any #arise #being #case #difficulty

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether. ↗

— James Payn

#benevolent #denying #far #hear #himself

I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script. ↗

— Alexander Payne

#better #crafted #film #great #great idea

Let's not dismiss or attack individual ideas as being inadequate before we have had a chance to assess their positive effect as part of a whole solution. ↗

— John Thune

#attack #before #being #chance #dismiss