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Money Quotes


"It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best."


"I have never solicited nor received money from Iraq for our campaign against war and sanctions. I have never seen a barrel of oil, never owned one, never bought one, never sold one."


"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."


"All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment."


"Also at the top of the list was my three day appearance on 'Press Your Luck'. In addition to the intense competition of each of those games, it slowly started to dawn on me in the minutes between tapings that I was winning some serious money."



"Every bit of money that we can bring from our federal transportation budget in Washington back here to Stewart Airport will benefit our local economy and our local residents."


"Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies."


"I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself."


"No trade will be made unless they want the thing more than they want their money."


"You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China."


"I'm always worried about my money for some reason."


"Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character."


"I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money."


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


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


"I enjoy my money, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'd certainly rather be rich than poor."


"Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money."


"Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher."


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



"A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan, for better or worse."


"We have seen that, in another unfunded mandate, the so-called No Child Left Behind Act, which created tougher standards, and we all support that, but Congress did not provide the money to attract and hire the best teachers."



"What counts is what you do with your money, not where it came from."


"Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools."


"The money in the schools overpowers the principles of the purpose."



"We talk about a free press. These people hide, they make a lot of money off the media. They hide behind the slogans of free press, and then they can come out with crap like that. It's just garbage. It's insulting to the readers."



"I am the only person here who is enjoying this, and I get the money; they pay and have to suffer."


"I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen."
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