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Gerald Finzi

"There is no room in the world, as you say, for second rate work."

Gerald Finzi, British Composer
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"A salary is a tax employers pay, every four weeks, for putting an employee's dream on hold."

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"I've always been amused by the contention that brain work is harder than manual labor. I've never known a man to leave a desk for a muck-stick if he could avoid it."

John Steinbeck, American Author
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"Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper."

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"A promotion is an illusionary solution out of an indebted employee's pit of debt."

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