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The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.

Christina Stead

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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
Politician
Short Story Writer
Translator
Writer
Rockdale City
Intelligent
Freaks
Waste
Egotism
Show
Cynicism
Art
Delightful
Shows
Freak
Money
Romantic
Men
Insane
Life
Brilliant

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I know your breed all your fine officials debauch the younger girls who are afraid to lose their jobs: that's as old as Washington.
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Humorists are always pessimists. They're reactionaries: because they see that every golden cloud has a black lining.
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Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination.
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If equity and human natural reason were allowed there would be no law, there would be no lawyers.
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A mother! What are we worth really? They all grow up whether you look after them or not. That poor miserable brat of his is growing up, and I certainly licked the hide off her and she's seen marriage at its worst, and now she's dreaming about 'supermen' and 'great men'. What is the good of doing anything for them?
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money that is in billions and monopolies isn't money at all, because the people have none, and money is democratic, everyone has to have some or there's none at all.
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A dominant race did not lie, because it had the whip.
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