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"The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on."
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"I'm always worried about my money for some reason."

"Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends money. For instance, since last year, we've had virtually no marketing budget. It's just word of mouth. And our circulation continues to grow that way by breaking news stories."

"The second most dangerous thing about money is that it leaves most of the people who have a lot of it with the unshakable belief that they are intelligent and well informed. The most dangerous thing about it is that it leaves most of the people who do not have a lot of money with the very same belief."

"I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job."

"Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right?"
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"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction."


"We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. It's more stimulative than any policy we've followed since World War II."


"I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years."


"There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it."


"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently."


"Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years."
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