"Actually, Lou, I think it was more than just my being in the right place at the right time. I think it was my being the right race, the right religion, the right sex, the right socioeconomic group, having the right accent, the right clothes, going to the right schools..."
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privilege, white privilege, life of privilege, privileged background, privileged backgrounds, racism, classism, misogyny, misogynist, misogynists, glass ceiling, glass ceilings, opportunity, opportunities, white man, white men, discriminate, discriminating, discrimination, secret to success, success, successful, advantage, advantages, advantageous, prejudice, prejudiced, bigot, bigots, bigotry, unfair, level playing field, level playing fields, advantage, advantages, bigotry, leg up, bootstraps, boot straps, entrepreneur, credit, give credit, giving credit, succesful, success, key to success"Once, years ago, I gave a sucker an even break, but it didn't work out."
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business, businessman, businessmen, boss, bosses, executive, executives, exec, execs, manager, managers, management, sucker, suckers, chance, chances, opportunity, opportunities, failure, failed, social status, elite, elites"I thank you guys for a wonderful time—and for giving me the opportunity to access some laughter!"
"Dad, would you consider a leadership gift to my snowboard capital campaign?"
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snowboard, snowboards, save up, saves up, saving up, dad, dads, son, sons, goal, goals, snowboarder, snowboarders, campaign contribution, campaign contributions, campaign contributor, campaign contributors, gift, gifts, donation, donations, donate, donates, spin, spins, spinning, opportunity, opportunities, hobby, winter sport, winter sports"I'm sorry, but there is no more fast lane. We all live on the median now."
"What are you complaining about? It's a level playing field."
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dog-eat-dog, playing field, playing fields, level playing field, elite, elites, uneven, unequal, inequality, opportunity, opportunities, justification, justifications, hare, hares, rabbit, rabbits, lion, lions, fed to the lions, bootstraps, victim, victims, victimization, victimized, victimisation, victimised, mentality, mentalities, prey, predator, predators, predatoryA dog locks a man out and sleeps in his bed.
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dog, dogs, bed, beds, sleep, sleeps, sleeping, opportunist, opportunists, opportunity, opportunities, dog owner, dog owners, pet, pets, on the bed, made bed, made beds, make the bed, making the bed, morning, mornings, morning routine, morning routines, morning ritual, morning rituals, nap, naps, napping, scuff, scuffs, scuffed, lock, locked, prank, pranks, pranking"Larry is a white male, but he hasn't been able to do much with it."
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male privilege, white privilege, privilege, privileged, privileges, opportunity, opportunities, missed opportunities, unsympathetic, insensitive, insensitivity, embarrassed, embarrassment, social inequality, gender inequality, expectation, expectations, criticism, criticizm, unfiair, gender issues, race issues, racism"They say it's the last of the really big cattle drives, and I'm just glad I'm here to see it."
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business, businessman, businessmen, office, offices, office life, manager, managers, executive, executives, boss, bosses, old west, wild west, western, westerns, film, films, mid-west, midwest, regional, cowboy, cowboys, animal, animals, cow, cows, cattle, horse, horses, livestock, cattle drive, cattle drives, herding cattle, ranch, ranches, rancher, ranchers, ranger, rangers, history, historical, lucky, fortunate, opportunity, opportunities, chance, chances"All my children have the potential I never could afford."
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potential, potentials, kid, kids, dad, dads, father, fathers, family life, family-life, pushy parents, silver spoon, silver-spoon, wealth inequality, opportunity, opportunities, privilege, privileged, privileged background, privileged backgrounds, role model, role models, living vicariously, vicarious living, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, aspiration, aspirations, aspiring"This is an opportunity to simplify your life - don't blow it."
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robber, robbers, robbery, robberies, burglar, burglars, burglary, burglaries, justification, justifications, justify, justifies, justifying, opportunity, opportunities, business opportunity, business opportunities, simplify, simplifies, simplifying, self-serving, altruism, altruist, altruists, consumerism, consumerist, material goods, thief, thieves, thieving, steal, steals, stealing, burgled"… and then Roger discovered fly fishing and I discovered Gregory."
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fly fishing, fly fisherman, fly fishermen, affair, affairs, cheat, cheats, cheating, spouse, spouses, wife, wives, husband, husbands, spark, infidelity, adultery, attentive husband, attentive husbands, cheater, cheaters, opportunity, opportunities, fish, fishes, fishing, hobby, hobbies, hobbyist, hobbyists, neglect, spousal neglect, neglected wife, neglected wives"Damnit, I knew you weren't ready for the big picture!"
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big picture, seeing the big picture, boss, bosses, mentor, mentors, mentorship, mentorships, mentoring, businessmen, businessman, business ethics, corporate ethics, corporate morals, business morals, big picture thinking, big picture thinker, big picture thinkers, problem solver, problem solvers, problem solving, problem solve, opportunity, opportunities"Damnit, I knew you weren't ready for the big picture!"
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big picture, seeing the big picture, boss, bosses, mentor, mentors, mentorship, mentorships, mentoring, businessmen, businessman, business ethics, corporate ethics, corporate morals, business morals, big picture thinking, big picture thinker, big picture thinkers, problem solver, problem solvers, problem solving, problem solve, opportunity, opportunities"We stumbled onto a house - and both of us being young and in love and quick to grasp the situation - "
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bride, brides, bridegroom, bridegrooms, groom, grooms, romance, romances, romantic, romantics, date, dates, elopement, elopements, eloped, eloping, romantic gesture, romantic gestures, vicar, vicars, minister, ministers, priest, priests, wedding ceremony, wedding ceremonies, opportunity, opportunities"I'm really excited about this opportunity, but I'm hoping there's room to negotiate the title? What about 'Rises-to-the-Occasions-Mary?', or 'Cool-Under-Pressure-Mary?'
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mary, virgin mary, gabriel, angel gabriel, angel, angels, message from god, messages from god, nativity, nativity story, birth of christ, christianity, title, titles, job title, job titles, impressive job titles, embarrassing job titles, negotiate, negotiates, negotiation, promotion, opportunity, opportunities"I smell petroleum reserves."
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forest, forests, businessmen, businessman, wood, woods, woodland, nature, petroleum, petrol, fuel, reserve, reserves, smell, smells, smelling, sense, senses, sensing, oil, oil reserves, fossil fuel, fossil fuels, business, opportunity, opportunities, gold mine, discover, discovered, discovery, forest walk, walk, walks, walking, dog walk, dog walks, dig, digs, digging, dig up, digging up, destroy, destroys destroying, global warming, non-renewable, non-renewable resource"Thanks for the opportunity to throw away such a wonderful career."
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fired, lay off, laid off, retire, retired, retirement, retiring, opportunity, opportunities, young generation, authority, career, careers, promotion, promoted, promotions, generation gap, generation gaps, office, offices, co-worker, co-workers, colleague, colleagues, non-appreciative, unappreciative, unappreciated"You're wrong Ted, this is absolutely the right time to organize three decades of photos."
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husband, husbands, wife, wives, lockdown, lockdowns, organise, organising, organize, organizing, photo, photos, decade, decades, toilet paper, toilet roll, panic, panics, panicking, stock pile, stock piling, pandemic, pandemics, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, free time, bored, boredom, opportunity, opportunities, relaxed"Think of this as your final callback."
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grim reaper, grim reapers, scythe, scythes, visit, visits, visiting, death, greet, greets, greetings, final callback, callbacks, callback, judge, judges, judgement, the final judgement, decision, decisions, decision making, opportunity, opportunities, judging, scare, scares, scared, visitor, visitors, unwanted visitor, unwanted visitors"Try to think of being hopelessly lost as less of a weakness and more of an opportunity."
"No promotion, but I do get to hold the laser pointer at the next meeting."
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