Martin Yan Quotes
Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.
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I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could.
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I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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In certain parts of the world - where I'm at right now in New York, you're going to pay a whole lot more. In Los Angeles, your average starter home is a million dollars. So I need more money in Los Angeles to live like a normal person. If I live in another city, Iowa maybe, I wouldn't need as much.
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I had immigrant grandparents who came to this country and came for religious freedom and loved it, never made any money, Bronx, Brooklyn, but loved America. And they told me every day it's the greatest country in the world.
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When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done.
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The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
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In college, I wanted to be a child psychologist. Acting was just something on the side to make money. And it was fun.
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Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
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I fell through a stage once. I was doing a truly African dance, and all of a sudden, I hit the ground with my foot and went straight through the stage. I guess they didn't have much money, so the floor was kind of rotting.
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Cryptocurrency currencies take the concept of money, and they take it native into computers, where everything is settled with computers and doesn't require external institutions or trusted third parties to validate things.
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Trump can spend virtually an unlimited amount of his own money on this election, which makes him unlike any of the other candidates in the race. So those who oppose him will have to work very hard to make sure he doesn't win.
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My name can raise money on a small-budget film.
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I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.
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So many people are working in vaudeville today that I looked for three weeks to book enough acts for an hour bill and didn't have them until the night before we opened in Buffalo and money was no object!
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Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving.
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Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.
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I still think of that guy I was without a wife or kids, and I still want to entertain that guy. The lonely guy, the frustrated guy, the guy with no money - this is the guy who needs to laugh.
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As long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it.
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To me, the level of responsibility is measured by one's ability to confront the decision-making process without any delay or distraction.
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Actually, I don't like dogs. I'm from Morocco, and people there don't like animals.
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Desperation sometimes drives innovation.
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I think people tend to be very myopic and they don't understand how their actions impact others.
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Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.
