E. J. Dionne Quotes
The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal.
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There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money.
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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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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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At the end of the day, it's all about money.
Garry Kasparov -
Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did.
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I'm 21 years old, and it's kind of uncomfortable for me to talk about, but I'm in the 1 percent as far as my income and tax bracket. But now that I'm here, there's no amount of money you can wave in front of my face that will make me understand depriving people of human rights.
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You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.
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Old habits die hard. I don't like spending money willy-nilly.
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The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
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I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially.
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In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.
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Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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Government can wreck a business by confiscating its money by taxation.
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Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know.
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There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.
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We're not making records for the fun of it; we're in it to make money.
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It seems no matter what you say and how politically correctly and carefully you say it, you offend someone. Or at least I always do.
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Philanthropists can learn important lessons from business entrepreneurs. They both spend their time solving problems. And to be successful, they both must overcome physical challenges and create self-sustaining operations. And ultimately, they must allow people to take action for their own benefit.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
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Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
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It's rare that I'm not at work on some sort of craft project. I've often enthused about the need to make things; how it employs a unique set of muscles - physical, intellectual, spiritual - that I can attain a state of flow when making something that I almost never can when writing.
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...the Japanese interest him professionally. How do they and the Germans do it, when America's going down the tubes?
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The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal.
