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"In a materialistic society, there's no such a thing as a 'romantic' broke man."
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"Some men like shiny new toys. Others like the priceless antique."

"The increase in value of the world of things is directly proportional to the decrease in value of the human world."

"Riches bring only problems and sorrows to people."

"I am, indeed, an absolute materialist so far as actual belief goes; with not a shred of credence in any form of supernaturalism-religion, spiritualism, transcendentalism, metempsychosis, or immortality."

"The human animal is a beast that dies and if he's got money he buys and buys and buys and I think the reason he buys everything he can buy is that in the back of his mind he has the crazy hope that one of his purchases will be life everlasting!--Which it never can be...."

"Money isn't everything. It's the only thing."

"Money is necessary in everyone's life. Why? Only because people have decided that it should be. It didn't have to be the way that it has become. If nothing came at the price of money, it wouldn't need to exist."

"If money don't buy happiness, what the hell does?"

"In a materialistic society, man is likely to value the opinion of a rich man over that of a poor one; even when coming to opinions that have absolutely nothing to do with moneymaking."

"Money, money, money! I think about money morning, noon and night! I dare say it's mercenary of me, but there it is."
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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

"We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem."

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

"We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days - or hours."

"Sense isn't democratic. An opinion uttered by 99 people does not necessarily make more sense than an opposing opinion that was uttered by one person."
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