- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money Quotes
On earning, spending and money's honest reality.
These quotes take a candid look at money: the shifting economics behind building a winning team, the blunt math of a manager's career, and the mixed blessing of money attracting the wrong kind of attention. For more, see our Status quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Industry
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- Nov 07, 2020
The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, I want to improve, to play good football in a good league; the money is not the most important thing.
- Flipped
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not only did I come out as a reality star that was very boisterous and vivacious and outspoken and all those things. I flipped that into money and respect. And a lot of people can't do that.
- As Much Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many people appreciate what you've done, the doors you've opened, but some people realise they're not going to be able to make as much money as they thought possible when you first started.
- Rest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basically, what we've done is, every year we take half the money and allow people who've helped us in the industry to give it away. One year, the ladies who put the pretzel bags in the boxes got to give it away.
- Nov 07, 2020
Writing for TV made way more sense than writing for magazines. And by sense, I mean money.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, in all fields, there's this motherhood pay penalty where, the second you become a mother - and this is true whether you give birth or adopt - you're perceived to not be as committed to your job. Whereas men are perceived as breadwinners who now need more money and promotions because they're fathers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.
- Civilisation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saddam Hussein was fascinated by ancient Babylon and Assyria. He made money available to protect and develop the great archaeological sites. The great achievements of Mesopotamian civilisation were pressed into the service of the Ba'athist regime.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel secure in my life, and I'm happy with where I'm at. I realise in some ways how enchanted my life's been. I could have ended up on a bench outside Stoke station begging for money. I was one of the lucky ones.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an artist, you want to make good stories and create good art; as a businessman, you want to make money and make sure the investors are happy. The two will always clash, unfortunately.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have the money to put myself through drama school, so I thought - naively - that if I wrote a play and put it on at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, agents would see me and that would be my ticket to Hollywood. I wrote a musical; an acting coach saw it and put me on his course for free while I wrote for his company.
- Land
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- Nov 07, 2020
When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.
- Land
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- Nov 07, 2020