"I've been wondering if there isn't some way we could capitalize on the cat craze."
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, talking pet, talking pets, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, talking cat, talking cats, cat, feline, felines, cats, cat owner, cat owners, cat lady, cat ladies, cat craze, craze, crazes, trend, trends, trendy, fad, fads, capitalise, capitalize, consumerism, wondering, thinking, taking advantage, modern life"What I'd like, basically, is a temporary line of credit just to tide me over the rest of my life."
"Mr. Bush, this is Vytautas Landsbergis, in Vilnius. Guess what."
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government, governments, president, presidents, politics, lithuania, vilnius, baltic, vytautas landsbergis, landsbergis, communism, communist, communists, soviet russia, soviet union, russia, russian, history, historical, lithuanian independence, sovereignty, problem, problems, oil, oil well, oil wells, gushing, george h.w. bush, george bush sr., gulf war, persian gulf, money, war, wars, energy, greed, greedy, taking advantage, using, excuse, excuses, invasion, invasions, invade, oil production, oil industry, energy industry, oil reserves, strategy, strategies, strategic"My only crime, Denise, was loving you too much. That and embezzling your trust fund."
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embezzle, embezzles, embezzling, corporate crime, corporate criminal, corporate criminals, white collar crime, white collar crimes, trust fund, trust funds, trust, excuse, excuses, bad excuse, bad excuses, lame excuse, lame excuses, love, loves, take advantage, taking advantage, wife, wives, fraud, fraudulent"Sure, money may be imaginary - but at least it's got everybody imagining it."
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management, upper management, big boss, boss, bosses, manager, managers, exec, execs, executive, executives, board, boardroom, chief exec, chief executive, chief executives, board member, class, working class, class issues, class divide, class struggle, class struggles, political issue, political issues, tax, taxes, fat cat, fat cats, profit, profits, profitable, profitability, nepotism, corrupt, corruption, financial, white collar crime, capitalism, capitalist, late stage capitalism, taking advantage, advantage"Don't worry - if we double the minimum wage it will still be nothing."
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history, historical, ancient, egypt, egyptian, egyptians, pharaoh, pharaohs, king, kings, politics, government, governments, advisor, advisors, adviser, advisers, worker, workers, strike, strikes, striking, union, unions, protest, protests, protesting, wage, wages, money, minimum wage, double, nothing, cheap, stingy, unfair, working conditions, salary, salaries, pay, sneaky, taking advantage, fiancesThe Devil's Workshop
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devil, devils, satan, hell, the after life, punishments, demon, demons, bottled water, water bottle, water bottles, water, capitalism, capitalist, capitalist, profiteer, profiteering, take advantage, taking advantage, consumerism, consumer, consumers, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, basic commodity, basic commodities, drought, droughts, water shortage, water shortages"Do you need an attorney, little boy?"
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lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, exploit, exploitation, take advantage, taking advantage, shopping mall, shopping malls, lost kids, lost child, department store, department stores, legal representation, legal right, legal rights, right to legal representation, profiteer, profiteering, vulnerable, vulnerabilityPublishing Clauses Of The '90s.
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publisher, publishers, contract, contracts, publishing, publishing contract, publishing contracts, contract, contracts, clause, clauses, fine print, read the fine print, author, authors, writer, writers, novelist, novelists, advance, advances, bilk, bilks, literary agent, literary agents, litigation, take advantage, takes advantage, taking advantage"Fetch, Ernie, fetch!"
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fetch, fetches, fetching, hubcap, hubcaps, dog, dogs, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, retailer, retailers, collector, collectors, collection, collections, making money, businessman, businesswoman, take advantage, taking advantage, speedbump, speed bumps, speed bump, pothole, potholes, rough road, rough roads, road, roads, road repair, road repairs"In the mental health profession, we try to avoid negative labels, like 'a hundred and fifty bucks an hour- that's crazy!'"
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expensive therapy, expensive therapist, label, labels, negative label, negative labels, therapy, therapists, therapist, counselor, counselors, counseling, counsellor, counsellors, counselling, psychology, psychologist, brain wash, brain washing, persuasion, psychologists, psychiatry, psychiatrist, psychiatrists, psychoanalysis, take advantage, taking advantage, mental health issue, mental health issues"I know if Crampton were here he'd want us to divvy up his bonus."
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board meeting, board meetings, business meeting, business meetings, meeting, meetings, bonus, bonuses, executive, executives, business executives, business executive, missed meeting, missed meetings, theft, thief, steal, stealing, divvy up, dividing fairly, dividing, take advantage, taking advantage, share, sharing, divvied up, opportunist, opportunists, exploiting, exploiting, exploited"The sooner I start smoking, the sooner I get my big settlement from the tobacco companies."
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smoking, smoker, smokers, tobacco, tobacco company, tobacco companies, bad habit, bad habits, start young, starting young, baby, babies, infant, infants, toddler, toddlers, terrible twos, terrible 2s, sue, suing, settlement, settlements, legal settlement, legal settlements, take advantage, taking advantageSunbathing Police Officer
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sunbathing, sunbathers, beach holiday, beach holidays, beach vacation, beach vacations, summer holiday, summer holidays, summer vacation, summer vacations, police, police man, police men, policeman, policemen, police officer, police officers, crime scene, crime scenes, police lines, police line, police tape, taking advantage, abuse of privilege, self important, self importance"The galaxy he's from- ask him if it's got oil."
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oil, oil tycoon, oil tycoons, capitalism, capitalist, capitalists, alien, aliens, extraterrestrial, extraterrestrial, little green men, little green man, martian, martians, priorities, bad priorities, wrong priorities, modern life, modern attitudes, greed, greedy, take advantage, taking advantage, invasion, invasions"I finally found a designer with a sweatshop that's right for me."
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sweatshop, sweatshops, child labour, child labourer, child labourers, third world, the third world, inequality, social inequality, poverty gap, the poverty gaps, the wealth divide, exploit, exploitation, rich person, rich people, the one percent, the 1 percent, wealth divide, wealth gap, take advantage, taking advantage, designer, designers, fashion designer, fashion designers, priorities, bad priorities, wrong priorities, poverty, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes"You have written more than a book, Ms. McBean- you have written a franchise."
"Now, if you'll just sign right here, Mr. Hark, you'll make the biggest mistake of your life!"
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contract, contracts, signing a contract, signing contracts, contract signing, pressure, pressuring, pressurising, pressurizing, mistake, mistaken, making a mistake, the small print, small print, read the small print, exploit, exploitation, taking advantage, take advantage, manipulation, manipulate, biggest mistake of you life, legal document, legal documents, legal documentation, signature, signature, legally bound, legally binding, legally binding contract, legally binding contracts, business man, business men, business person, business people, businessman, businessmen, businessperson, vulnerable, vulnerability, vulnerable person, vulnerable peopleHow To Monetize Other Kids' Science Projects
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kid, kids, child, children, monetize, monetised, monetise, monetized, profit, profits, profitable, profiteering, science, science fair, game theory, theories, theory, project, projects, experiment, experiments, science project, science, economics, economy, economic science, school, schools, teacher, teachers, advantage, taking advantage, modern life, capitalism"That's Floyd Wheeler in the back of your car, Mr. Ferguson. He's going as far as the depot, if you would be so kind."
"Dad, Jason says you're fuelled by greed."
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kid, kids, child, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, greed, ethics, accuse, accusation, accusations, fathers and sons, banker, bankers, banking, allegation, allegations, immoral, immorality, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, greedy, take advantage, taking advantage, capitalism, capitalist, capitalists"And, in exchange for his testimony, your client gets to pick something nice out of our catalogue."
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consumerism, bribe, bribes, settlement, settlements, legal settlement, legal settlements, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, prosecutor, prosecutors, legal representation, testimony, shopping, catalogue, catalogues, shopping catalogues, modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, take advantage, taking advantage, bad deal, bad deals, cutting a dealTragedy and Material
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comedy and tragedy, sock and buskin, stand up, stand-up, stand up comedy, stand-up comedy, comedian, inspiring, inspiration, comedy material, comedic material, taking advantage, comedians, comedy, show business, stand up comedian, stand up comedians, perspectives, different perspectives, optimist, optimists, optimism, different outlooks