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Donna Shalala

"We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working."

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"We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working."

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Amber Hurdle

"Egoism and Money [Goddess of wealth; Lakshmi] are very much at odds [have great enmity]. There should be just enough egoism to accomplish one's work. Beyond that, any expanded egoism and money have great enmity. Money (Lakshmi) stays away from it."

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Amber Hurdle

"I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave."

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Amber Hurdle

"Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low."

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Amber Hurdle

"Prospering just doesn't have to do with money."

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Amber Hurdle

"A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart."

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Amber Hurdle

"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."

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Amber Hurdle

"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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Amber Hurdle

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

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Amber Hurdle

"The Bible does not say money is the root of all evil; it says the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. A poor man who, in his heart, worships the idea of being rich is more vulnerable to its evils than a rich man who has a heart to use it all for the Lord."

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Amber Hurdle

"To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it."

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"I have always hired people of different ages. Young people and older people. People in their 70s and in their 20s. People who are fully capable of talking back to me."
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"We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work."
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"Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life."
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"The dog doesn't know the difference between Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so I have to walk the dog early those days too."
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"I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together."
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"I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring some constituencies that I'm used to working with."
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"But I have a driver, so I can return calls while I'm in the car."
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"I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule."
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"But for me, it is when a student has died. I find the death of a young person the most difficult and painful of times. To explain it to other young people, to see a bright future snuffed out, is just awful. I am haunted by those deaths."
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"By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue."
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