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She could see so clearly now that he was only a childish fancy, no more important really than her spoiled desire for the aquamarine earbobs she had coaxed out of Gerald. For, once she owned the earbobs, they had lost their value, as everything except money lost its value once it was hers. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

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Jesus, Morelli, you sound like you have PMS. You have to learn to lighten up a little. It's just a car alarm. You should be thanking me. I had it installed with my own money. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

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No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#wealth #money

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs. ↗

— Kristin Hannah

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Its easier to feel a little more spiritual with a couple of bucks in your pocket. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

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You're broke, eh?" I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#money #poverty #money

I meant no harm I most truly did not, but I had to grow bigger so bigger I got. I biggered my factory, I biggered my roads, I biggered the wagons, I biggered the loads, of the Thneeds I shipped out I was shipping them forth from the South, to the East, to the West. To the North, I went right on biggering selling more thneeds. And I biggered my money which everyone needs. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

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Why should insurance companies continue to get away with limiting the skills that a health profession has always previously required of its members if they were to be considered fully trained? ↗

— Ina May Gaskin

#money #politics #money

The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#gain #internationalism #money #patriotism #money

The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, "If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils." Said Diogenes, "Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

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