JIM HACKER: So they insult me and then expect me to give them more money?
SIR HUMPHREY: Yes, I must say it's a rather undignified posture. But it is what artists always do: crawling towards the government on their knees, shaking their fists.
JIM HACKER: So they insult me and then expect me to give them more money?
SIR HUMPHREY: Yes, I must say it's a rather undignified posture. But it is what artists always do: crawling towards the government on their knees, shaking their fists.
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