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> [ I was delighted with the film \[Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth\]; it almost made me want to be a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-was-delighted-with-the-film-payback-debt-and-the-shadow-side-of/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Our biggest moral debt is to the environment. Take-take-take, nothing given back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/our-biggest-moral-debt-is-to-the-environment-take-take-take-nothing/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [The biggest debt is always the government debt; it's always debt that government has run up on your behalf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-biggest-debt-is-always-the-government-debt-it-s-always-debt-that/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [“Debt . . . . that peculiar nexus where money, narrative or story, and religious belief intersect, often with explosive force.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/debt-that-peculiar-nexus-where-money-narrative-or-story-and-religious/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the revenges and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/debt-is-part-of-the-human-condition-civilization-is-based-on/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Nature is an expert in cost-benefit analysis,' she says. 'Although she does her accounting a little differently. As for debts, she always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/nature-is-an-expert-in-cost-benefit-analysis-she-says-although-she/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [Debt is not just a money thing. It's about owing and being owed. Money is just one thing you can exchange. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/debt-is-not-just-a-money-thing-it-s-about-owing-and-being-owed-money/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [It was exciting to work with director Jennifer Baichwal, who made Manufactured Landscapes and others, on the film of Payback: Debt and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-was-exciting-to-work-with-director-jennifer-baichwal-who-made/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [It's very hard for students not to be in debt unless they've got big scholarships or rich parents. And it's called investing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-s-very-hard-for-students-not-to-be-in-debt-unless-they-ve-got-big/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [ The film \[Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth\] opens with an Albanian blood feud and goes on to delve into,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-film-payback-debt-and-the-shadow-side-of-wealth-opens-with-an/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [“In Heaven, there are no debts - all have been paid, one way or another - but in Hell there's nothing but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/in-heaven-there-are-no-debts-all-have-been-paid-one-way-or-another/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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## Other authors on Debt

## More by Margaret Atwood

> [“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-m-fine-said-pilar-for-the-moment-and-the-moment-is-the-only-time-we/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/and-yet-it-disturbs-me-to-learn-i-have-hurt-someone-unintentionally-i/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“Mary: Some call this "Eve's curse," but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/mary-some-call-this-eve-s-curse-but-i-think-that-is-stupid-because/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-birds-were-singing-around-me-but-i-reflected-that-the-very-birds/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/strange-how-we-decorate-pain-these-ribbons-for-instance-and-the-small/)

[margaret atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/i-wanted-to-forget-the-past-but-it-refused-to-forget-me-it-waited-for/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/back-at-home-they-drew-the-curtains-and-read-with-disapproval-with/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“It's my fault. I am forgetting too much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/it-s-my-fault-i-am-forgetting-too-much/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/all-fiction-is-about-people-unless-it-s-about-rabbits-pretending-to/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/simon-walks-back-to-the-house-alone-the-night-is-clear-and-warm-with/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/there-is-indeed-something-delightful-about-being-able-to-combine/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“Every time the women appear, Snowman is astonished all over again. They're every known colour from the deepest black to whitest white, they're various…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/every-time-the-women-appear-snowman-is-astonished-all-over-again-they/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/once-you-publish-a-book-it-is-out-of-your-control-you-cannot-dictate/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“The more difficult it was to love the particular man beside us, the more we believed in Love, abstract and total. We were waiting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-more-difficult-it-was-to-love-the-particular-man-beside-us-the/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

> [“She knows she's deceiving herself about that, but she prefers to deceive herself. She desperately needs to believe such pure joy is still possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/she-knows-she-s-deceiving-herself-about-that-but-she-prefers-to/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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