Money Quotes
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We all exist in similar systems that mirror and reproduce the same American culture for the most part. What Oscar Wilde said about the lucky author who has a non-literary day job no longer holds, if it ever did. Artists seek validation as much as they seek money. The creation and invention of culture and canon is where most of the trouble lies.
Fady Joudah
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When I left school at 16, I became an apprentice television and radio technician, and was paid £17 a week, which was decent money in 1976. But the job turned sour when I gave myself an electric shock while repairing a television set.
Irvine Welsh
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To me, the money is – it's certainly a wonderful thing. But it is in direct proportion to how you're able to bless yourself and bless others with it.
Oprah Winfrey
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I have come from a background where I haven't had lots of money to put me on the map. I've had to work very hard for what I've got.
Charlotte Dujardin
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Sure, it's nice to win. But there's only one thing that's important to me and that's the money we're going to get, win or lose. . . . I don't love baseball, I like it. And to me, baseball means money, and that's all I care about.
Vida Blue
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You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money.
Wayne Newton
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There are so many people who've come before me who deserved to be tired. Who didn't have the opportunities, who didn't have the access, who didn't have the money, who didn't have the influence, who didn't have the voice.
Oprah Winfrey
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I believe with great fortunes come great responsibility, so with our family's assets and many wealthy friends, we could help raise a lot of money to help others.
Eric Trump
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If I don't need the money, I don't work. I'm going to spend time with my family and friends, and I'm going to travel and read and listen to music and try to learn a little bit more about how to be a human being, as opposed to learning how to be somebody else.
James Spader
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Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?
Earl Wilson
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He that wants money, means, and content is without three good friends.
William Shakespeare
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Thank you, yard sales, for being the perfect way to say to your neighbors: 'We think we're important enough to charge money for our garbage.'
Jimmy Fallon
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I'm more than blessed to be able to play a PE sport for money.
Blake Griffin
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With my height, I probably wouldn't be able to make money playing pingpong, but I would just have fun with it. The table is too low for me.
Kristaps Porzingis
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I've been living the American Dream for over 25 years - just being able to do what I do, be creative, and make money out of it. It's incredible.
Dr. Dre
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The people I used to have around me from Nashville was showing love to the Cash Money clique on the strength of Buck trying to make it; making sure Buck gets to where he gots to go.
Young Buck
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Modeling wasn't the thing that was going to define me in any way; it was just a way to make a lot of money.
Michelle Phillips
The Mamas & The Papas
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What is important for kids to learn is that no matter how much money they have, earn, win, or inherit, they need to know how to spend it, how to save it, and how to give it to others in need. This is what handling money is about, and this is why we give kids an allowance.
Barbara Coloroso
