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"Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money."
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"Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money."

"If an original piece of wardrobe came up from Star Wars, I'd probably spend a lot of money on it."

"A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking."

"Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives."

"There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them."

"It is essential that there should not only be a limit on campaign spending but it should be required to say where that money is spent and how it is spent. I think there has been more abuse in campaign spending, actually, than in campaign contributors."
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"If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible."


"I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget."


"Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense."


"The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."


"God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing."


"A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices."


"If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet."


"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world."
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