“One operator is no big deal. That can be fixed in a jiffy.”
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“Did you know that a jiffy is an actual measurement of time? It’s a sixtieth of a second.”
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“[I will] not co-operate on [a] no-deal.”
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“It isn't the big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones.”
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Context: We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when any one engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal; and the first, and most elementary, kind of square deal is to give him in advance full information as to just what he can, and what he cannot, legally and properly do. It is absurd, and much worse than absurd, to treat the deliberate lawbreaker as on an exact par with the man eager to obey the law, whose only desire is to find out from some competent Governmental authority what the law is, and then to live up to it. Moreover, it is absurd to treat the size of a corporation as in itself a crime.
“Put on your big girl pants and deal.”
Variant: Pull up your big girl panties and just do it.
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“It seems that in the world of politics, lying is not such a big deal.”
If the European Countries Impose Sanctions, They Will Be More Harmed than Us; If You Toy with Our National Pride, You Will Face a Firm Response http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1029.htm Feb. 2006.
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