Heavy lifting….for some
“The rich regard wealth as a personal attribute. So do the poor. Everyone is tacitly convinced of it. Only logic makes some difficulties by asserting that the possession of money may perhaps confer certain qualities, but can never itself be a human quality. Closer inspection gives this the lie. Every human nose instantly and unfailingly smells the delicate breath of independence that goes with the habit of commanding, the habit of everywhere choosing the best for oneself, the whiff of slight misanthropy and the unceasing consciousness of responsibility that goes with power, the scent of a large and secure income.”
— Excerpts from rich people’s code of living, The Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil
When Kerry Packer appeared before the Print Media Inquiry in 1991 he famously said
“Now of course I am minimizing my tax and if anybody in this country doesn’t minimize their tax they want their heads read…
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Embedding clips from Google Drive into WordPress
You can upload a clip to your gdrive account by hitting on the up arrow next to Create on the main menu. Select your file and click upload, and once it has finished uploading, open the file and click on File -> embed code. You copy embed code and in your post you select Text rather than visual. Select the code button from menu and then paste the embed code from your drive. Now click on the code button again to finish embedding.
You can then write underneath as I am doing, still in the text area, not visual.
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