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"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." - Henry Kissinger, as quoted in The New York Times Magazine (June 1, 1969)

"One day he'd take, the next day he'd give. At the end of the month, I was always ahead of the game, getting more than my salary," - Abu Ali, Saddam Hussein's cook, 28 May 2020.

"We're always appreciative of the side-hustle," - Amy Segal speaking on the interview process at Edelman, a public relations firm that built its business working for oil companies, 25 February 2020.

"Thus the primary contradiction of the backlash: it is a working-class movement that has done incalculable, historic harm to working class people." - Thomas Frank, What's the Matter With Kansas (2004)

"If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't." - Hyman, G Rickover, US Navy admiral, New York Times, 3 November 1986

"Each day Humble supplies enough energy to melt seven million tons of glacier!" - Humble Oil full page print advert, Life magazine, 1962.

"We made history but we didn't change a fucking thing," Lawyer who successfully prosecuted PG&E for manslaughter, as quoted in "California Burning" (2022).

"Power leads to more power, no matter what your racket, and not only were they rich and influential but they were smart as hell, too," - Jimmy Hoffa, union leader on the Kennedy Family.

"Repression, sir, is a habit that grows. I am told it is like making love -- it is always easier the second time! - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore and dictator, 4 October 1956