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Thorstein Veblen

"The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature."

Source : Thorstein Veblen (2016). “BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Premium Collection: 25+ Titles in One Volume: The Theory of Business Enterprise, The Higher Learning in America, The Vested Interests and the Common Man, On the Nature of Capital…: The Theory of the Leisure Class, The Beginning of Ownership, The Preconceptions of Economic Science, The Industrial System and the Captains of Industry, The Socialist Economics of Karl Marx…”, p.162, e-artnow

Thorstein Veblen

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“The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of researchers and they don't get credited in the book.”
“A whole generation was raised to learn about comedy from 'The Simpsons.' To get to be in a booth with Homer and Marge and be in Springfield - it was unimaginable the emotions that I felt.”
“Another thing to do with the blues is how they were recorded. They were done on the quick, and some of that stuff was made on wire, not even tape, let alone digital.”
“The easiest and most powerful way to increase customer loyalty is really very simple. Make your customers happy.”
“A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.”

Source : Sir Max Beerbohm, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1924*). “Hebert Beerbohm Tree: some memories of him and of his art collected by Max Beerbohm”
“While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.”
“I'm for turning off the tube and turning down the light, cause I'm for nothing else but me and you tonight.”
“I was 'alone' amongst the animal kingdom and I required of myself to see what was truly going on inside me so that my own true potential could step forth. Therefore I died so that heaven could show me who I had become, within that showing me to myself as who I am, what I am going to be doing and where all of you fit into the picture.”

"The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature."

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