- Power
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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
- Lunch
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one picked on me for my lunch money. Probably because it was the 1980s and no one had lunch money.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time I had my dreams crushed was when I was scammed, and somebody stole all of my magic props. I was a teenager, and I had put all my money into that. I had literally wanted to be the next David Copperfield. And that was all taken away.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
The inequalities are greater now than in '92. Some states have equalized per-pupil spending but they set the 'equal level' very low, so that wealthy districts simply raise extra money privately.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
Apple's goal isn't to make money. Our goal is to design and develop and bring to market good products.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many very good writers have done so. But for me, it has to remain the principal thing that I actually want to do the writing.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that finally we had made a movie that had made some money!
- Reality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't see myself leaving the club I grew up supporting... it's one of those things, the money's great but I still get paid reasonably well from the Lions and at the end of the day I think job satisfaction is the No.1 priority and I just love it up here.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I said, I had no publisher for What a Carve Up! while I was writing it, so all we had to live off was my wife's money and little bits I was picking up for journalism.
- Nov 07, 2020
I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you make a movie like 'Superbad,' when it's popular and you're the lead, you get offered all kinds of things and there's a temptation to make bad movies either for the money or to maintain your relevance in pop culture.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you find yourself desperate for money, you sometimes do whatever, but on the other hand, if you really want to be known as a certain type of actor, then you have to restrain yourself.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020