"A thought crossed his mind: How do you make poor people feel wealthy when wages are stagnant? You give them cheap loans."

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Source : Michael Lewis (2015). “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)”, p.31, W. W. Norton & Company

Michael Lewis

#Giving Quotes #People Quotes #Mind Quotes

“We're in Trump times - we're in the time this misogynist hate clown is the leader of the free world, and when Putin has made abusing your wife legal, and transgender bathrooms have just been disallowed in school. There are all these political setbacks. And there's no question that those setbacks are very real and need to be treated as civil-rights issues.”
“He very nearly stole a scene in my movie, and I didn't call him on it because I was just like, Hey, I saw some stuff on SuperDeluxe and how many different films do you have on there? And he goes, This one, this one, Comedy by Numbers and this one and one called 'Bob Pitches a Movie.' And I'm like, Oh! And then I was thinking he would say, which is very similar to the one to the one I did in your movie, but he never did. I just let it go. I don't care.”
“There is NO reason to hit a woman!”

Source : "How What Makes You Laugh (And Cringe) Reveals Your Hidden Biases". "Hidden Brain" with Shankar Vedantam, www.npr.org. December 8, 2015.
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
“I know what it's like to struggle and to have those concerns that all mothers have.”
“By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands - your own.”

Source : Mark Victor Hansen (1989). “Future diary”
“I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.”
“In recent years, we`ve made historic investments in NATO, increased America`s presence in Europe.”

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