Carolyn Wells Quotes
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I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.
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At the end of the day, it's all about money.
Garry Kasparov -
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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I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had enough money to do that, and then rewriting and rewriting and rewriting.
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I wrote small stories here and there, then bigger ones. Some were even written for money. I signed up for a writing class and snuck my first assignment on a yellow legal pad in a partner's office while he read through my memo.
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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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These women were taking over these former manufacturing warehouses in SoHo and figuring out a way to be fashionable and viable without money. It's hard to imagine a life like that in Manhattan now - there's something romantic about it.
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Filmmaking is a very privileged art form. It costs a lot of money to make these things.
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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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We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don't have the money.
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Money is just a way of keeping score.
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Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.
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In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money.
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They'll always find somebody for me to fight. Whether I win or lose, they'll find somebody to fight, and I'll compete. I'll make money, and I'll pay my bills.
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No, money is power.
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I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.
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With Fountains of Wayne, after 'Stacy's Mom' happened, we started making a little bit more money and getting a little bit more known.
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For years, I have been working on crossing the Grand Canyon. Actually, there is nobody who says 'no,' but since this is a project that comes from me and not a commission, I have to find the money, plan the logistics, etcetera.
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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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To recognize that some of the things our culture believes are not true imposes on us the duty of finding out which are true and which are not.
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I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a gym teacher and health teacher for grades K-12.
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I grew up as a horseback rider and a volleyball player so honestly when I got a gym membership in New York, I thought I was going to die.
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A fool and his money are soon married.
