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Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency. ↗

— Alan Cohen

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England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of the consequences: the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

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Luke Cage: "It's my house! I paid for it with my own money!" Iron Fist: "My money." Luke Cage: "His money, but it's still my house! ↗

— Brian Michael Bendis

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I sell my time to get enough money to buy it back. ↗

— James Richardson

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Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars. ↗

— Hobart Brown

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A person obsessed with ultimate truth is a person asking to be relieved of money. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

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Devotion gradually progresses to higher levels. . . . One type goes to God and asks Him to remove his suffering. Another one will ask for money or material things. A third will request liberation or release from his bondage. And the fourth will not ask for anything. He will just enjoy praying and praising his Lord. That is the highest form of prayer. (Beyond Word, 119) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

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Is that all, sir? Only we've got stuff to finish before our knocking-off time, you see, and if we stay late we have to make more money to pay our overtime, and if the lads is a bit tired we ends up earning the money faster'n we can make it, which leads to a bit of what I can only call a conundrum—" "You mean that if you do overtime you have to do more overtime to pay for it?" said Moist, still pondering how illogical logical thinking can be if a big enough committee is doing it. "That's right, sir," said Shady. "And down that road madness lies." "It's a very short road," said Moist, nodding. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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The decor was attractive and strong, but blander than she would have thought his wealth and position afforded him. Caren couldn't see the point of having that much money if all of it led to beige. ↗

— Attica Locke

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Fortune means nothing. This time we must not fail." Fortune? I like money. ↗

— Julie Reece

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