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"What I would ask the Democrat Party is to put your plan on the table, because most people agree with the facts, and the facts are that Social Security is running out of money."
Jack Kingston
"What I would ask the Democrat Party is to put your plan on the table, because most people agree with the facts, and the facts are that Social Security is running out of money."
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"I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn't enjoy it and thought about leavin', and thought, hell, it's an easy job and pays wonderful. I kinda just prostituted myself for their money."
Buck Owens
"I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn't enjoy it and thought about leavin', and thought, hell, it's an easy job and pays wonderful. I kinda just prostituted myself for their money."
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"The most efficient labor-saving device is still money."
Franklin P. Jones
"The most efficient labor-saving device is still money."
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"Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down."
Uwe Boll
"Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down."
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"This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money."
Oscar Robertson
"This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money."
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"Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it."
David Duchovny
"Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it."
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"Many kids turn to selling drugs. It's not a good career choice, but they see it as a way to get money."
Richard Harris
"Many kids turn to selling drugs. It's not a good career choice, but they see it as a way to get money."
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"There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been."
Benjamin Jowett
"There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been."
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"I write plays not to make money, but to stop myself from going mad. Because it's my way of making the world rational to me."
Edward Bond
"I write plays not to make money, but to stop myself from going mad. Because it's my way of making the world rational to me."
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"The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover."
Al Franken
"The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover."
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"It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office."
Alan Ladd
"It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office."
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"I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs."
Kathleen Turner
"I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs."
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"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."
Moliere
"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."
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"If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are."
James Allen
"If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are."
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"It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence."
Clay Aiken
"It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence."
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"If money titles meant anything, I'd play more tournaments. The only thing that means a lot to me is winning. If I have more wins than anybody else and win more majors than anybody else in the same year, then it's been a good year."
Tiger Woods
"If money titles meant anything, I'd play more tournaments. The only thing that means a lot to me is winning. If I have more wins than anybody else and win more majors than anybody else in the same year, then it's been a good year."
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"It's a sin to have your films not to make money."
Ellen Burstyn
"It's a sin to have your films not to make money."
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"I make movies for money, exclusively for money."
Klaus Kinski
"I make movies for money, exclusively for money."
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"Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war."
Carroll Quigley
"Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war."
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"All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in."
Gloria Swanson
"All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in."
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"Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks."
Al Franken
"Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks."
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"I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs."
Jerry Garcia
"I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs."
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"The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes."
Gore Vidal
"The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes."
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"Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'"
Ellen Burstyn
"Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'"
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"In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios."
Griffin Dunne
"In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios."
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"Joel McHale is so money, he should be printed on money."
Joel McHale
"Joel McHale is so money, he should be printed on money."
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"Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany."
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
"Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany."
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"When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next."
Bruce Schneier
"When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next."
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"Acting is easy and fun. You earn a lot of money, and you bang out with girls. The profession is given tremendous significance within our society, but it's not really worthy of it."
James Spader
"Acting is easy and fun. You earn a lot of money, and you bang out with girls. The profession is given tremendous significance within our society, but it's not really worthy of it."
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"I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks."
Wentworth Miller
"I've never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox's biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell's been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks."
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"But we did conclude that Ray had actually killed Dr. King pursuant to his theory that he was going to be able to get hold of that money. He had learned of this offer through his ties in the Missouri State Penitentiary."
Louis Stokes
"But we did conclude that Ray had actually killed Dr. King pursuant to his theory that he was going to be able to get hold of that money. He had learned of this offer through his ties in the Missouri State Penitentiary."
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"Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift."
Soundarya
"Luckily I have a brother who looks after my administration and my money, because I'm a total spendthrift."
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"In a couple of years, the Chinese will be seen as regular participants in international industry. Their companies have to report to shareholders as well as to the Chinese authorities. They need to make money, they have to be efficient."
Daniel Yergin
"In a couple of years, the Chinese will be seen as regular participants in international industry. Their companies have to report to shareholders as well as to the Chinese authorities. They need to make money, they have to be efficient."
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"I'm involved in Project ALS which is trying to get money for stem cell research. That's one I've been pretty involved with because if you can cure that, you can cure so many other diseases."
Gina Gershon
"I'm involved in Project ALS which is trying to get money for stem cell research. That's one I've been pretty involved with because if you can cure that, you can cure so many other diseases."
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"I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured what Halloween would ultimately become."
Donald Pleasence
"I was offered a choice of a flat salary up front or a percentage of the film's future earnings. I took the up front money. Nobody could have figured what Halloween would ultimately become."
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"I like to see how I can do it for less money."
Stanley Tucci
"I like to see how I can do it for less money."
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"Money is always transitively valued. More money is supposedly always better than less money."
Gregory Bateson
"Money is always transitively valued. More money is supposedly always better than less money."
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"I take the fact that films cost a lot of money very seriously, but once in a while to have somebody say, This is a big scene, take your time with it, is important. That's John Sayles."
Mary Steenburgen
"I take the fact that films cost a lot of money very seriously, but once in a while to have somebody say, This is a big scene, take your time with it, is important. That's John Sayles."
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"All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road."
Mickey Gilley
"All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road."
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"A group or an artist shouldn't get his money until his boss gets his."
Bobby Darin
"A group or an artist shouldn't get his money until his boss gets his."
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"Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal."
Donald Rumsfeld
"Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal."
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"It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then."
Antonio Banderas
"It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then."
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"One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn't want us to be the ones."
Waylon Jennings
"One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn't want us to be the ones."
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"Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year."
Mel Torme
"Talking money is crass; so I'm not going to tell you what I made last year."
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"Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil."
Henry Fielding
"Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil."
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"There's so little money in my bank account, my scenic checks show a ghetto."
Phyllis Diller
"There's so little money in my bank account, my scenic checks show a ghetto."
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"Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money."
Mel Torme
"Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money."
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"It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them."
Bill Vaughan
"It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them."
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"Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show."
Ted Allen
"Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show."
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"When you make a lot of money for a record company, they don't want you to evolve. Growing older, you naturally do."
Alison Moyet
"When you make a lot of money for a record company, they don't want you to evolve. Growing older, you naturally do."
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