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'Excellent photo for the cover of our annual report, Richards. Tell me; which do we make, the cell phone or the umbrella?'

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'You'll like this, gang ? it's an 'eyes-only' list of 'shady-but-tolerated' loopholes allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.'

'I think I just had an epiphany. How do I make it go away?'

Backlash industries: makers of the macro-chip, bigger, slower..and it even makes mistakes

'What I call a miracle drug is one that doesn't start a government investigation.'

Food manufacturing industry in a soup.

"Son, you're old enough now to learn about something we call 'compliance'...."

"I feel that what would really give your next album a major boost would be some kind of well-publicized personal problem."

'Our ratings are down. Let's blame it on the media.'

"I got another callback. My agent says it's between me and the guy who's going to get it."

"Facebook VP — you'll be in Circle No. 4."

'The global economy supplies basic tools. A lot of us get the axe.'

"My lawyer doesn't trust my agent who doesn't trust the director who doesn't trust the screenwriter who doesn't trust me. All perfectly normal."

Redundancies

'Do you want to talk to the man in charge or the woman that knows what's going on?'

'The music business.'

'I told you not to take a left out of the office - now we're completely lost!'

"When I was young, music and lyrics were important! Now it's all about production...it's all jiggly butts, smoke, sexy clothes and crazy videos!"

"Great work on the annual report, John. It's fact-driven, yet delightfully unencumbered by reality!"

"Surprisingly, it's not in reverse order."

'We've decided to call off our go-slow.'

"We can't make the perfect product, but with a little luck and a lotta data, we can make the perfect customer."

"You know how to whistle don't you Steve, you just put your lips together and blow. . . but I wouldn't recommend it."

'What the hell is PIG IRON?'

"Manufacturing will take place in China, R&D in Korea, customer support will be run from Mumbai and logistics handled in Vietnam."

'Acme Meat - meat products, bi-products, and bi-product spinoffs...'

"I guess the German takeover was successful."

"Give me insights on marketing to your age demographic...and I'll give you a bright shiny penny."

Lunch break.

'Look humble, Jenkins. The arrogant look is okay in the office, but these are investors.'

"It's not just the church that needs evangelists. So does big oil."