- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a gazillion different business license fees. And just keeping up with all the regulations - it just doesn't stop.
- Cadillac
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- Nov 07, 2020
I asked for a horse for Christmas, and I got one! It's an adult horse. I didn't want a 5-year-old, which is a teenager for horses. It has a beautiful gait. It's the Cadillac of horses.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
We talk nonstop about what needs to be changed, and everyone has excuses for why the changes can't happen. I believe we must change our educational system first to get the changes moving forward. I'm happy to be a voice and get in front of an audience who can help by making education a priority.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone likes to learn history. They just don't like to hear it from a professor looking at notes. They like to hear it like it's from their uncle, and that's how I explain history.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a really sick kid. I developed epilepsy when I was eight years old, and I would have violent seizures, and I would - literally, I couldn't get out of bed.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was in the Navy; he was in Vietnam. My mom was trying to sell real estate on the side. We didn't have a lot of money.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Obama administration made it illegal for me to loan any money to anyone in the military. I have one compliance guy just for a pawn shop. It's everything from Homeland Security, FBI, the local police department, IRS - all these regulations I have to keep an eye on constantly, and it's just overwhelming for a small business.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a middle-class family back in the 1970s meant we only had one TV... and it wasn't in your room... so when I was 8 years old, I began developing a passion for reading history, and it's never stopped.
- Else
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're the boss, you have no one else to turn to.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
People come from all over the world to be on the show, and it still works because of all the interesting items coming in.
- Beautiful Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the beautiful thing about my show... It's truly different every week. We get to pick and choose. Every morning, the girl from production comes to me with 100 different items, and I go, 'Fake, fake, fake, fake... that's cool.'
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's only so much stuff you can buy. I have to retail the stuff. Stuff that's really really weird - it's cool, but who are you going to sell it to? I do collect some stuff. In the end, I have to run a business.
- Makes
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's the weird stuff that makes great television.
- Credit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pawn shops have been around for thousands of years - they were the number one form of consumer credit up until the 1950s, but we were vilified by Hollywood. We were easy people to vilify.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got the Pawnbroker of the Year award. They said I did more for the pawn business in one year than their media team, in 30 years, has been able to do.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell people, 'I'm the only business in the world where I don't pick my merchandise.'
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people don't realize how regulated the pawn industry is, especially where I'm at in Nevada.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's like a golden rule in the pawn business: never cash a government check.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
Las Vegas is a crazy, crazy town at times, so there's a lot of high-end things I get.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people who pawn stuff never want to be on the show. And the reason behind that, I find out, is when people are pawning something, it's - they're getting a loan. They have to admit they're broke. For some reason or the other, something has happened, or they're financially irresponsible.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell everyone that works for me not to look down on people. If you're nice to people and take a minute to talk with them, it's good for business whether or not they buy anything. Just because they don't look like they have money doesn't mean they're poor.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once, an unkempt, elderly woman came into the pawn shop. She appeared homeless, and she insisted on seeing every piece of expensive jewelry in the store. Just when I was feeling impatient, the woman pointed at the most expensive piece of jewelry and said, 'I'll take that one.' Then she proceeded to pull $4,000 out of her sock to pay for it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never fall in love with something when you're negotiating a price. Never decide you're going to buy something because you can't live without it. Negotiating to buy an item shouldn't be an emotional process.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you endorse a Republican, everyone sort of frowns on you. I don't know why, but hey.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my store, I don't do anything political. There are no signs up, and I'm not pushing anyone.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's just no way I could deal with politics.
- Kids
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- Nov 07, 2020