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In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America. ↗

— Toby Young

#britain #celebrate #chances #class #condemn

The moment I'm perceived to be even a tiny bit successful, my career will go down the pan. ↗

— Toby Young

#career #down #even #go #i

You know when you tell a self-deprecating story at a dinner party, everyone's laughing along with you? But then when someone else repeats that same story at another dinner party you feel they're all laughing at you? ↗

— Toby Young

#another #dinner #dinner party #else #everyone

How to drive a guy crazy: send him a telegram and on the top put 'page 2.' ↗

— Henny Youngman

#drive #guy #him #how #page

A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn't pay his bill, so he gave him another six months. ↗

— Henny Youngman

#bill #doctor #gave #him #his

I know a man who doesn't pay to have his trash taken out. How does he get rid of his trash? He gift wraps it, and puts in into an unlocked car. ↗

— Henny Youngman

#does #get #gift #his #how

Part of my heritage being Korean, it's going to be interesting going to Korea and answering these questions dealing with North and South Korea. ↗

— Rick Yune

#being #dealing #going #heritage #interesting

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. ↗

— Samuel Goldwyn

#paper #verbal #worth #written

There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.' ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#become #business #business world #create #different

We can and must turn this page if we are friends and are prepared to look one another in the eye. ↗

— Viktor Yushchenko

#eye #friends #look #must #page