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Bankers grovelled before the governments they usually revile, like wispy poets whining for grant money. They got billions in bailouts, yet somehow the financial sector still inspires more trust and respect than the government that saved it from itself.

— Laura Penny More Money than Brains (2010)

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Who teh heLL R u 2 tELL me what 2 reed or how 2 spel?

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Anyone taking classics or history for the prestige is either at Oxford or stuck in 1909.

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"You think you're so smart" is never a compliment; the only thing worse than being smart is thinking that you are.

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All we really need to do is learn 'em so they don't frig up the cash register or offend the customers.

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