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"No one should be so naive as to think that wages among organized groups will not be increased, under pressure if necessary, to make up for increases in the cost-of-living, nor should anyone ordinarily object to such adjustments."
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"Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head."

"This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome."

"The major studios don't differ very much from one another as they all operate under essentially the same principles and pressure."

"Ramalama was moving higher in the sky already, the day was getting on. He was going to be late getting to San Fedora for his meeting with the Sheriff. And as a bounty hunter " even a good one with a lot of work, time is money. It seemed today that time was running out for Beck the Badfeller."

"I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world."

"Pressure is playing for ten dollars when you don't have a dime in your pocket."
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"The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough."

"Furthermore, there is no good ethical or economic reason for asking workmen and current producers to forego all economic gain in order to increase the purchasing power of all the wealth accumulated in past years."

"A study of the history of wages back through the years indicates clearly that when the cost-of-living rises appreciably wages have shortly been adjusted upward also."

"No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming."

"The only sound approach to collective bargaining is to work out an agreement that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the parties, establishes principles and operates to the advantage of all concerned."

"Your future is still before you. Your land is a vast storehouse of mineral and agricultural wealth awaiting further development for the benefit of mankind. It potentialities are magnificent."

"Canada has great natural resources, and its people have the spirit and ability to develop them."

"That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization."

"That it is logical, fair and reasonable to maintain the purchasing power of an hour's work in terms of goods and services the employee must purchase in his daily living."

"In my fifty years of experience and memory, I have seen the most amazing increase in the standard of living of a people ever achieved anywhere in the world. This is why I am so sure that our system of free competition and industrial development is sound and must be preserved."
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