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Robert Benchley

"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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"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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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

"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

"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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Amber Hurdle

"Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money."

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Amber Hurdle

"Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated."

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