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Daniel McGoorty

I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy.

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working girl

[working girl] {n.}, {slang} 1. ({vulgar}, {avoidable}) A prostitute. * /I didn't know Roxanne was a working girl./ 2. A girl, usually single, who supports herself by working in an […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Menander

(342-291 B.C.) Privacy--you can't find it anywhere, not even if you want to hang yourself. www.english-slang.com

BTW

[BTW] (2) "Better Than Working", refers to an activity that can be done at work that is better than working. Like reading a blog or a humorous website, etc... Internet slang

Daniel L. Reardon

In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. www.english-slang.com

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Simon Legree

[Simon Legree] {n.}, {informal} A strict person, especially a boss, who makes others work very hard. * /Don't talk on the […]

Robert Heinlein

(1907-1988), US science-fiction novelist Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

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