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"The job description, like most, used complicated words that made job-hopefuls hesitant to apply because it may be out of their range of capability."

"We are so used to working that not working is the new hard work."

"And yet, troublingly, there is one difference between 'labour' and other elements [raw materials, machinery] which conventional economics does not have a means to represent, or give weight to, but which is nevertheless unavoidably present in the world: the fact that labour feels pain."

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

"Work is a vehicle with which man chases some fleeting destination called a full tummy."

"A specialist's mind is a slave to his specialization."

"12% of employees eat because they are hungry. 88% of employees eat because it is 1 o'clock."

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

"A promotion is an illusionary solution out of an indebted employee's pit of debt."
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"No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time."

"Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process."

"Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike."

"A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three."

"A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night."
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