- Motivated
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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
- Unpredictable
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skating everywhere is unpredictable, no amount of money or facilities is going to create a skating star. You have to have a skater who is dedicated, passionate, and willing to learn.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Dodgers told me a big bonus was no good, and they said other players would resent it. Better for me to take a small amount of money and work my way.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some years ago, I was invited to speak in Houston, Texas. They said I was a founder of 'postmodern theatre'. So I said to my office, 'This is ridiculous for me to go and speak about postmodern theatre when I don't know what it means, but... they're paying me a lot of money, so I'll go.'
- Big Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
It just doesn't mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I just want enough to live on, and to be able to get on with what I do, and hang around my friends.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by crooked managers. It is just a gangster's paradise.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
From where I sit, I see the digital cinema creating sloppiness on the part of filmmakers because they know if they really get in trouble, they can fix it later. So they don't pay that much attention, and of course it costs a lot more money.
- Finance
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I work with countries struggling to pay for budgets or finance trade deficits, I reflect on how Americans do not spend a moment considering the unique advantages of being able to issue bonds and print money freely.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people have their own money at stake, it's a lot easier to find and settle on practical, no-nonsense solutions to engineering problems than is ever the case in the complex and endless deliberations of a government bureaucracy.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finally, when the money was high enough, the script suddenly revealed itself as being very clear to me.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
After 'UNCLE,' I never accepted the first offer: if I wanted more money, I asked for it. A better dressing room? Four first-class tickets instead of two? I'd ask for them, and I'd often get them.
- Fights
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- Nov 07, 2020
Michael Bisping versus Georges St-Pierre is a money fight, and the UFC loves money fights.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't make music to make money, because that's not why you should be doing it. Have fun, be creative, and embrace the past.
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
We did a show called The Orphan Train, during the depression, when families didn't have enough money to support their children, they'd put them on the train and hope someone would pick them up who had enough money to support their children.
- Hide
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- Nov 07, 2020
We talk about a free press. These people hide, they make a lot of money off the media. They hide behind the slogans of free press, and then they can come out with crap like that. It's just garbage. It's insulting to the readers.
- Much
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- Nov 07, 2020