Quote by Thorstein Veblen
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods. – Thorstein Veblen

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It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community. – Thorstein Veblen

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The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in mans moral nature. – Thorstein Veblen

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Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful – to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister. – Thorstein Veblen

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All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have. – Arthur Scargill

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I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot. – Laura Wilkinson

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If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals. – Robert Conklin

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My greatest strength is common sense. Im really a standard brand – like Campbells tomato soup or Bakers chocolate. – Katharine Hepburn

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It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar – that I call an achievement. – Horace

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