"We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with."

Money, Mistakes

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"We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with."

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"Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Money, Flattery, Vanity

"The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass."

Alice Walker, American Author

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"I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20's and 30's... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent."

Mark Edwards, American Celebrity

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Jay Chiat, American Businessman

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"When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day."

J. D. Hayworth, American Politician

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David Rockefeller, American Businessman

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"Lack of money is the root of all evil."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it in a place where it will do a lot of good, namely, in targeted pay increases to our enlisted personnel, particularly our NCOs and our junior warrant officers."

John Spratt, American Politician

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"I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter how much money you had."

Terry Riley, American Composer

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"An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it."

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"I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much."

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"I would rather start a family than finish one."

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"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

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"There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us."

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"In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent."

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"Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency."

"The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass."

"I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20's and 30's... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent."

"Second, we're spending a huge amount of money on technology so that everyone can check out laptops and portable phones. We're spending more money to write our existing information into databases or onto CD-ROM."

"When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day."

"MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it."

"Lack of money is the root of all evil."

"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."

"We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it in a place where it will do a lot of good, namely, in targeted pay increases to our enlisted personnel, particularly our NCOs and our junior warrant officers."

"I was using tape loops for dancers and dance production. I had very funky primitive equipment, in fact technology wasn't very good no matter how much money you had."

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"An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it."

"I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much."

"I would rather start a family than finish one."

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

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"In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent."