Harry Enfield famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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According to the Bank of England the economy is growing too fast so interest rates must rise to counter the supposed inflationary threat.
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According to the Bank of England the economy is growing too fast so interest rates must rise to counter the supposed inflationary threat. In lay terms, I interpret this to mean that people are working much harder, causing economic growth, and they're in danger of spending their money, which is what the recession-hit shops want them to do. But the Bank and the City seem to think this is wrong, and that if people work harder they should be punished by having their mortgages increased.
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead.
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"I'm a victim of sexual discrimination." "No, you're the victim of a cruel sexual experiment performed by your mother and father.
-- Harry Enfield
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When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.
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It pays in England to be a revolutionary and a bible-smacker most of one's life, and then come round.
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Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.
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It's about the connecting force from form to form. It's the toe bone connecting to the shoulder bone. It's the bacterial kick of life force, something growing out of nothing, forming itself out of something else. Form never stops. And form is always environmental.
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That's something I think is growing on me as I get older: happy endings.
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On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.
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It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.
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I don't know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we've been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about.
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History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.
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The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could.
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