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Wynton Marsalis

"People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly."

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"People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly."

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

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

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

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

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