Quote by Thorstein Veblen
Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or

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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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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You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is youre dealing with. – Steve Nash

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Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people. – Will Cuppy

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I want to be with someone who wants to work as much as I do and who respects me like I respect him. – Ashley Tisdale

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Were in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didnt want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that. – Neil Patrick Harris

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There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality. – Jonas Salk

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