Eden Phillpotts Quotes
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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Who controls the issuance of money controls the government!
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I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head.
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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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Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
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I grew up playing on unprepared surfaces where your wicket depended on quickly adapting to the bounce. As a kid, I could never differentiate off-spin from leg-spin. All I looked to do was to try to hit the ball before it pitched.
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I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I'd love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon.
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I'll never be like a Barbie girl, that's for sure.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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I've always cared about fashion and what I look like. I don't like to spend a lot of money on designer clothes, but I do like to look good.
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It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.
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Personally, the first year when I started making enough money just from acting - by that, I mean not doing anything else but acting - was around 2003.
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To be honest, I have never thought about getting into direction.
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At the end of the day, it's all about money.
Garry Kasparov -
I think movie and television companies are in the business of making money, and if you have a franchise, eventually you'll want to exploit that franchise and revisit it. So I assume at some point someone will do another story in the 'Lost' world.
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No, I never ever considered myself attractive.
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The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.
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Money just draws flies.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies.
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President Obama is riding the wrong horse on energy.
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People want to act like they know celebrities. They want to see pictures. They want to know where you're going. They want to hear you talk about your family.
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I went to Monsanto, and I spent a lot of time with the scientists there, and I have revised my outlook, and I'm very excited about telling the world. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
