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"If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about."
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"Don't matter how much money you got, there's only two kinds of people: there's saved people and there's lost people."
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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."
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"People will always choose more money over more sex."
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Personal Development
"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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Personal Development
"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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Personal Development
"A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart."
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"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."
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Personal Development
"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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Personal Development
"Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it."
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"If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about."
Money
"I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine."
Mistake
"I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of her poems and immediately began composing in my head. I wrote down the melodies even before I got to a piano."
Poetry
"Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much."
Love
"I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read in newspapers yesterday.' Not mine."
Music
"Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune."
Music
"There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years."
Change
"It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style."
Business
"The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this situation, and for that, I am very grateful."
Family
"My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals."
Music
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