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Spike Lee

"I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too."

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"I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too."

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"There's a correlation between the number of digits on a man's bank balance, and, the number of things that his woman is willing to forgive him for."

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"Just make as much money as you can, but try your best not to rob or get robbed, it will sweep all that you have and leave your hands empty."

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"It is only if the primary or only reason you do what you do is to make money that you will envy every random person who made or makes a lot of money (or money that exceeds what you made or make)."

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"Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants."

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