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"If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States."

"If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States."

Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President

Money, Power, Conflict

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"I'm not really interested in making money."

"I'm not really interested in making money."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

35

"Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't deemed profitable enough to print. You hardly make any money publishing an electronic book."

"Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't deemed profitable enough to print. You hardly make any money publishing an electronic book."

Rudy Rucker, American Scientist

Money, Strategy, Publishing

35

"And there was no money in Chicago for a band."

"And there was no money in Chicago for a band."

Santiago Durango, American Musician

35

"In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money."

"In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money."

Carter G. Woodson, American Historian

Money, People, Confidence, Fact

35

"Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs."

"Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs."

Michael Badnarik, American Politician

Money, Drugs, Prohibition

35

"You must spend money to make money."

"You must spend money to make money."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

35

"If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone."

"If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone."

Arthur C. Brooks, American Author

35

"I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money."

"I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money."

John Hickenlooper, American Politician

Money, People, Politicians, Public

35

"Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense."

"Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense."

Earl Wilson, American Journalist

Money, Fool, Nonsense, Talking

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"The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which isn't one of those awful tax shelters like some in America. It just functions to take the money and give it away."

"The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which isn't one of those awful tax shelters like some in America. It just functions to take the money and give it away."

Anita Roddick, English Businessman

Money, America, Body, Company

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"I always have awkward relationships with the ladies for whatever reason. I don't know and so here we are. I was able to sort of take all of those terrible, terrible, terrible dates and turn them into a money making venture."

"I always have awkward relationships with the ladies for whatever reason. I don't know and so here we are. I was able to sort of take all of those terrible, terrible, terrible dates and turn them into a money making venture."

Jason Segel, American Actor

Money, Ladies, Reason, Relationships

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"America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week."

"America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week."

Evan Esar, American Writer

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"You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA."

"You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA."

Charlton Heston, American Actor

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"I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will."

"I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

Money, Work, Blindness

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"We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour. And right now, anybody who slows down our economic productivity, off they go. We have a place for them, the psychiatric institution. That's the main thing, they slow things down."

"We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour. And right now, anybody who slows down our economic productivity, off they go. We have a place for them, the psychiatric institution. That's the main thing, they slow things down."

Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist

Money, Now, Productivity, Right

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"A lot of the point mags are going out of business. They dropped the pay tremendously and it's all because of the internet. I used to go out once a month to LA and shoot for one week. I'd make a ton of money then come back to New York and do whatever I wanted."

"A lot of the point mags are going out of business. They dropped the pay tremendously and it's all because of the internet. I used to go out once a month to LA and shoot for one week. I'd make a ton of money then come back to New York and do whatever I wanted."

Richard Kern, American Filmmaker

Money, Business, Internet

35

"In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness."

"In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness."

Norman O. Brown, American Philosopher

Money, Science, Commonsense, Famous

35

"Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money."

"Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money."

Neil Simon, American Playwright

Money, Happiness

35

"What I'm saying is that there are bargains right now, there are stocks right now that if you're shrewd enough, you will be able to buy them at the opening today and I you'll make money in a year from now."

"What I'm saying is that there are bargains right now, there are stocks right now that if you're shrewd enough, you will be able to buy them at the opening today and I you'll make money in a year from now."

Jim Cramer, American Businessman

Money, Now, Right, Saying

35

"I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though."

"I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though."

Mickey Gilley, American Musician

35

"Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles."

"Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles."

Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Celebrity

Money, Business, People

35

"I like the idea of giving workers control and putting their money into their personal accounts."

"I like the idea of giving workers control and putting their money into their personal accounts."

Virginia Foxx, American Politician

Money, Idea, Control, Giving

35

"I really came out to L.A. to take the money and run."

"I really came out to L.A. to take the money and run."

Kristen Johnston, American Actress

35

"When it comes to money nobody should give up anything."

"When it comes to money nobody should give up anything."

Anthony Trollope, English Author

35

"While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon this as a golden wand that can enable them to make money recording this music."

"While there used to be one or two Pops orchestras, now there are all kinds of European orchestras that suddenly look upon this as a golden wand that can enable them to make money recording this music."

Skitch Henderson, American Musician

Money, Music, Now, Orchestras

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"The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you."

"The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

35

"But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year."

"But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year."

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

35

"But if inventions have increased man's power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour than in commodities."

"But if inventions have increased man's power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour than in commodities."

Alfred Marshall, English Economist

Money, Nature, Power, Inventions

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"We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want."

"We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want."

Adam Jones, American Musician

Money, Artists, Building, Company

35

"Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money."

"Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money."

Dorothy Fields, American Musician

Money, Purpose, Trying

35

"And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable."

"And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

Money, Time, People, Day

35

"Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it."

"Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it."

Henry Fielding, English Novelist

35

"The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money."

"The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money."

Ted Shackelford, American Actor

Money, Politics, Decision

35

"Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts."

"Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

35

"Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear."

"Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear."

Robert Shea, American Author

Money, Values, Force, May

35

"He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation."

"He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation."

James A. Garfield, American President

35

"The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future."

"The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future."

John Maynard Keynes, English Economist

Money, Being, Future, Importance

35

"I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money."

"I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money."

Thelonious Monk, American Musician

35

"I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights."

"I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights."

Art Linkletter, American Journalist

35

"Making the tax cuts permanent will continue to grow the economy, create jobs, and put more money in the pockets of the hard-working families of Pennsylvania."

"Making the tax cuts permanent will continue to grow the economy, create jobs, and put more money in the pockets of the hard-working families of Pennsylvania."

Tim Murphy, Canadian Politician

Money, Economy, Tax, Jobs

35

"I mean, money people are usually quite brisk, but mine aren't, and they keep on giving me spaces so that I've been able to go on and do plays and films."

"I mean, money people are usually quite brisk, but mine aren't, and they keep on giving me spaces so that I've been able to go on and do plays and films."

Jeremy Brett, British Actor

Money, People, Giving

35

"I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to."

"I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to."

Natalie Wood, American Actress

35

"I've made a lot of people a lot of money, and I've made a lot of people really happy. I've entertained millions and millions of people."

"I've made a lot of people a lot of money, and I've made a lot of people really happy. I've entertained millions and millions of people."

Steve Guttenberg, American Actor

35

"But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money."

"But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money."

Imran Khan, Pakistani Athlete

Money, Politics

35

"When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen."

"When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

Money, People, Driving, Kitchen

35

"You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money."

"You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

35

"You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money."

"You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money."

Billy Joel, American Musician

Money, People, Hate, Reason

35

"Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement."

"Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

35

"It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races."

"It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races."

Christie Hefner, American Businessman

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