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"In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth."
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"Time is the wealth through which money comes."
"The wealth of time is actually of more value than natural resources."
"You can only make money from a time well converted."
"When the going gets tough: the poor close their eyes, the rich open their wallets."
"To misuse wealth is a great fault."
"There really is no correlation between age and one's bank balance. I've met wealthy boys and broke men."
"Try not to be like those who hunger for financial success without understanding the difference between their wants and needs."
"If you really want to be financially wealthy, you must begin to convert your time into producing something for the world."
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"What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited."
"Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests."
"America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub."
"Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both."
"Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions."
"People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages."
"The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc."
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