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“Technology has always replaced jobs. Your children are going to live to 100 and not have cancer because of technology, and literally they’ll probably be working three and a half days a week.”
— Jamie Dimon/ JPMorgan CEO
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What Is Blue Collar? Definition and Job Examples
“Blue collar is a classification of working people by the types of jobs they perform. It typically refers to those in hands-on jobs that involve manual labor. Some of the industries that rely on blue-collar workers are manufacturing, mining, construction, and automaking. People who are considered blue-collar may or may not have specialized skills. Most earn hourly wages rather than salaries. The term refers to the blue uniforms or other work clothing that is usually worn for blue-collar jobs.”
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By Banksy
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“The art you collect is an extension of your personality and your pocketbook.”
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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“I was broke. I had $50 million, and then I had nothing. I had property, but I didn’t have any money,” Pacino remembers about finally looking into his finances. “In this business, when you make $10 million dollars for a film, it’s not $10 million. Because after the lawyers, and the agents, and the publicist, and the government, it’s not $10 million, it’s $4.5 million in your pocket. But you’re living above that because you’re high on the hog. And that’s how you lose it. It’s very strange, the way it happens. The more money you make, the less you have.”
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The exact multimillion dollar figure the American Dream now costs, according to research
“The financial media site Investopedia has done the math and calculated that achieving those milestones now costs a staggering $4.4 million—over $1 million more than most Americans will make in their lifetime, according to the researcher.”
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“The rich get richer and the poor get poorer; a rat race where the rats are winning.”
— Percy Bysshe Shelley