- 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
- Electricity
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- Nov 07, 2020
For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity; for electricity, you need some trained workers; for trained workers, you need some schools; for schools you need some money; for money, you need some industry.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way I choose projects is based on what I think is most real and most interesting, not on what's paying the most money or what's most popular.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel sick if I have to do something for the money. I can't breathe. I'm not proud of myself.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just because #ad or #spon is there doesn't mean I'm only doing it for money. I make sure, in the text, that it's very obvious that I'm having fun.
- Modeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my family, there was one cardinal priority - education. College was not an option; it was mandatory. So even though we didn't have a lot of money, we made it work. I signed up for financial aid, Pell Grants, work study, anything I could.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've learned that you never have to think about how to make money. You need only to focus on what you think is going to be a good movie or what's a movie I'd like to watch as the audience.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can make money, you can lose money in Africa. But opportunities, boy oh boy, they exist.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people make movies for money or glory and will take any subject people offer them. But I cannot do that. I need to feel the story and make it mine.
- Handed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sat with him for three hours and we did not exchange a single word. At the end he handed me, as he had done before, an envelope with money in it. It would have been much nicer if he had enclosed a greeting or a loving word. I would have been so pleased if he had.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing that happens is that politicians run on tough-on-crime rhetoric. You appeal to the public and say, 'Let's put more money into taller fences, tougher laws, tougher sentencing, handcuffs,' and where does that money come from? Well, immediately, it comes out of all the money needed for corrections.
- Nov 07, 2020