Money Quotes
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When you have a good idea, the money flows.
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The reason I do this job is because I started to be a painter. Making money in art was difficult. The easiest way to make money was to use art for some other reason. One of the easiest and most interesting from an economic point of view was fashion. Fashion pays.
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'The Empty Bank' talks about really specific instances where I kind of make the wrong moves based off of money, and it also details instances where I was acting like I had money when I really didn't have that much money.
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Everything which the economist takes from you in the way of life and humanity, he restores to you in the form of money and wealth.
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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
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Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.
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It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
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I don't see Hollywood as the big enemy, because this is where the money is, and not all of the companies are doing studio movies. I'm not tempted to sell out. If I'm going to become well known, I want it to be for something I'm proud of.
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I always loved movies, but I never thought I would presume to be a screenwriter and definitely not a director. I spent a lot of time for no money trying to teach myself how to write a script. It always felt like everybody was looking the other way and sneaking that script through the system, but it did well later on video and got another chance.
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I've got to love the film, not the money. Because I know what it's like not to have money - you still survive.
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I have made more money than I ever thought anybody should ever make. But who cares if you're worth $500 million or $1 billion? That is not what I want to be remembered for, but for giving something back.
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If your entire relationship with money is devoid of fun, money becomes something you fear and loathe rather than something to celebrate and enjoy.
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It's hard to think about 20 to 30 years down the road. Most people want to use the money now - it's tough.
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I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do.
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John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.
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I do think at a certain point you've made enough money.
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I went to a few really bad commercial auditions because I needed the money, and when you booked a commercial, your life was made: you could eat.
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My record label always says you shouldn't talk about money because it makes people extremely uncomfortable. Refugees can't talk about money. Rappers can talk about money; refugees can't talk about money.
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The sobering thought is that individuals and societies are not, in the end, remembered for how they made their money, but for how they spent it.
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In summer of 2008, I meet a guy named Michael Seibel. And Michael Seibel says, 'There are these people called angels, and they'll give you money.' The first thing I thought is, 'I can't believe this guy believes in angels.' That's how naive I was.
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We're going to raise a lot of money to hopefully help rebuild some schools in the areas that have been devastated.
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Business people have been made into these rock stars because they've made a lot of money.
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We sometime didn't get enough to buy oats for our horses. Most banks had very little money in them.
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After the first million, money isn't important.
