"At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands."

Money, Power, Beginning, First

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"At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands."

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"Second, we're spending a huge amount of money on technology so that everyone can check out laptops and portable phones. We're spending more money to write our existing information into databases or onto CD-ROM."

Jay Chiat, American Businessman

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"The Pentagon can't even audit its own books. It doesn't even know where its money is going. And we refuse to have the tough forces go on the Pentagon so that at least they are efficient with the money they're spending."

Tom Coburn, American Politician

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"Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas."

Peter DeFazio, American Politician

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"I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful."

Kim Novak, American Actress

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"Decline III, I funded myself, from the studio money. That, and I sold a lot of drugs. Kidding. Don't print that."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

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"I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money."

Sammy Davis, Jr., American Entertainer

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"The farmers in Kansas are sorely in need of a credit system meeting their special requirements, that they may more readily obtain money on short or long time for their farming operations, or that they may become owners of farms."

Arthur Capper, American Politician

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"That's a very odd notion because it involves seeing money up there on the screen - if something cost $5 million to make, they want to see that $5 million up there."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

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"I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"What I see for the band by the end of this year is the Complex live at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I want my guys to be comfortable. I'm certainly not in this for the money, but I'd really like to see my guys make some money off of this stuff."

Jimmy Chamberlin, American Musician

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"A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down."

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"Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about."

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"Even nowadays a man can't step up and kill a woman without feeling just a bit unchivalrous."

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"If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from."

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