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Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.
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manularity: /man`yoo-la'ri-tee/ [prob. fr. techspeak `manual' + `granularity'] n.
Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
-- John Steinbeck, autho...
Manure comes from a bull. Womanure comes from a cow.
Manure is an excellent way to feed plants. The same is true of misfortune, failures, and disappointments of life.
If we understand the importance of manure, we understand that nothing is truly wasted....
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. -- Oliver Herford (1863-1935)
Manus haec inimica tyrannis Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.
-- Algernon Sidney (1622-1683) -- From the Life and Memoirs of Algernon Sidney...
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.
-- Albert Einstei...
Man wanted to work in dynamite factory. Must be willing to travel.
Man wants but little, nor that little long.
-- Edward Young (1684-1765) - Night Thoughts, Night iv, Line 118...

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