"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."

William Christopher Handy, American Musician

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"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."

Money, Eyes, Longing, Name

"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."

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"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."

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"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me."

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"I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee."

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"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."

Art, Heart, Man

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"No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"To make dollars from cents you have to have sense."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody."

Agatha Christie, English Writer

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"Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!"

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"See money " currency - as the flow of energy and giving that cycles between you, others and me. Now let it flow kindly, fairly and mindfully."

Rasheed Ogunlaru, British Motivational Speaker

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"Money should be ones demand and not command, one should not become a slave of Money because we made money to help us trade and not to make us, we're already made even without money."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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"Money, money, all is money! Could you write even a penny novelette without money to put heart into you? Invention, energy, wit, style, charm--they've all got to be paid for in hard cash."

George Orwell, British Author

Money, Values, Creativity, Energy

"Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the money in small coins before the dismayed clerk. When I came to the house, I held up the instrument before the eyes of the astonished household."

"Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony."

"Nature was my kindergarten."

"With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds."

"The blues - the sound of a sinner on revival day."

"I think America concedes that true American music has sprung from the Negro."

"Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed."

"My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me."

"I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee."

"You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down."

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"No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction."

"To make dollars from cents you have to have sense."

"A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it."

"Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody."

"Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!"

"See money " currency - as the flow of energy and giving that cycles between you, others and me. Now let it flow kindly, fairly and mindfully."

"Money should be ones demand and not command, one should not become a slave of Money because we made money to help us trade and not to make us, we're already made even without money."

"Money, money, all is money! Could you write even a penny novelette without money to put heart into you? Invention, energy, wit, style, charm--they've all got to be paid for in hard cash."

"Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order."

"Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth."