Sam Wyly Quotes
The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
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President Obama has contempt for real money.
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Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.
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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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There are many things which swallow up men's thoughts while they live, which they will think little of when they are dying. Hundreds are wholly absorbed in political schemes and seem to care for nothing but the advancement of their own party. Myriads are buried in business and money matters and seem to neglect everything else but this world.
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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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Networks can typically invest tens of millions of dollars in the development of a pilot. And if they put the show on the air and it fails, that's all lost money. There's no monetization of a broken series.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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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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My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.
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Money is a bubble that never pops. It's a consensus hallucination.
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When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but... I am embarrassed about them. It's like: 'My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn't fit all my fifties.' I mean - really. Shut up.
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If you don't have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don't overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.
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Billions of taxpayers' money has been wasted in bad deals. The London Underground modernisation, personally negotiated by one of Gordon Brown's team, was a disaster, as the National Audit Office has confirmed.
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Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about job security, and they do a lot of nine-to-five stuff.
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Time dissolves in summer anyway: days are long, weekends longer. Hours get all thin and watery when you are lost in the book you'd never otherwise have time to read. Senses are sharper - something about the moist air and bright light and fruit in season - and so memories stir and startle.
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Turns out, people's brains are not nearly as powerful a motivator as our hearts. Facts, data, and economic models don't move people to courageous action the way that powerful stories can.
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I'm a New Yorker; I've paid my dues.
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I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.
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The spiritual warrior hides from nothing. We jump into the fire, we dive into the ocean. We become the sea.
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I know I'm on a small cable reality show. I'm realistic where I stand in the scheme of things.
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The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
