During the trial, a former housekeeper testified that she had heard Helmsley say: “We don’t pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes”, a quote which was identified with her for the rest of her life.

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    Shitty thing to say, but true. The rich don’t pay their share of taxes. That’s left for us “little people” to pay.

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      I have much more respect for an honest cunt than I do for a deceitful one.

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        That’s like preferring a rabid grizzly bear that mauls the shit out of you over Malaria.

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          It’s nothing like that.

          Do you prefer a man that says “as soon as you turn around, I’m going to stab you in the back”, or a man that smiles at you and then stabs you in the back as soon as it is turned?

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    On March 31, 1982, Helmsley’s only child, Jay Panzirer, died of a heart attack resulting from arrhythmia.[19]: 208  Her son’s widow, who lived in a property that Helmsley owned, received an eviction notice shortly after his funeral. Helmsley successfully sued her son’s estate for money and property that she claimed he had borrowed, and she was ultimately awarded $146,092

    ouch. what a see-you-next-tuesday

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      Anti gay crusader from the 1970s and all around piece of work.

      Edit: mixed her up with Anita Baker.

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        Anita Baker is the R&B singer lol

        Come on, you’re so close!

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    That’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time…a long time.

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    They did call her the “Queen of Mean.” She was an unrepentant asshole in her own time.