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"We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers."
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"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."

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

"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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"Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately."

"I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It's got to go. It's got to go a long way from here."

"The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates."

"These are international criminals, and the spineless Democrats are doing nothing about it."

"And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war."

"We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace."

"The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all "bottom line" editors; everything depends on the money."
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