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"At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch-22 over its whole history. Heller responds, 'Yes, but I have something he will never have enough.'"

Original source of 'enough' quote in Sivers' essay

http://www.tompeters.com/dispatches/010754.php



That quote kind of loses its punch without the ellipsis:

'Yes, but I have something he will never have...enough.'


Argh. Reminds me for some reason of the stand-up comedy formula. You are correct. I forgot the punchline. The ellipsis.

Example from Robin Williams

"Parenting is hard" (Premise)

"Once you become a parent, you have responsibilities" (Statement/setup building on premise)

"For example, you can't go out drinking, come home drunk, go up to Junior's room at 3am and say 'For a change, Daddy's going to throw up on you now just like you do" (Turn around, the twist)




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