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And so while the great ones depart to their dinner, the secretary stays, growing thinner and thinner, racking his brain to record and report what he thinks that they think that they ought to have thought.

— Arthur Bryant

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.

— Barry Goldwater

Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.

— Alan Kay

The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.

— Ted Allen

Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.

— Ariel Dorfman

Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days.

— Brenda Blethyn

The first thing the secretary types is the boss.

— Donald Trump

Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are.

— Oswald Mosley

Advisers who think that they are very clever while all around them are a bit thick, and that all the problems of the world would be solved if the thick listened to the clever, are liable to be disappointed.

— Geoff Mulgan

The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

✗Opposing Perspectives

Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him.

— Larry Speakes