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"Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend."

"Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

Money, Americans, Fact, London

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"A man with money is no match against a man on a mission."

"A man with money is no match against a man on a mission."

Doyle Brunson, American Celebrity

Money, Man, Mission

41

"I have worried about getting pigeon-holed, but now I think I've done enough weird, offbeat stuff not to be. And I also know that I do things for the right reasons: I've made my money, so I don't have to say yes to anything."

"I have worried about getting pigeon-holed, but now I think I've done enough weird, offbeat stuff not to be. And I also know that I do things for the right reasons: I've made my money, so I don't have to say yes to anything."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Money, Now, Right

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"But if you want to continue to be slaves of the banks and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit."

"But if you want to continue to be slaves of the banks and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let bankers continue to create money and control credit."

Josiah Stamp, British Businessman

Money, Control, Banks, Credit

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"Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it."

"Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"I like my money right where I can see it... hanging in my closet."

"I like my money right where I can see it... hanging in my closet."

Sarah Jessica Parker, American Actress

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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

41

"The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people's money on proven blood cord, bone marrow, germ cell, and adult cell research."

"The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people's money on proven blood cord, bone marrow, germ cell, and adult cell research."

Roger Wicker, American Politician

Money, Science, People, Blood

41

"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

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"I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got."

"I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got."

Freddie Mercury, British Musician

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"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

41

"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

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"I think money in general hurts all sports."

"I think money in general hurts all sports."

Will McDonough, American Writer

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"I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising."

"I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising."

Liev Schreiber, American Actor

Money, God, Thought, Advertising

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"Movies are getting more and more expensive to distribute. You need a lot of money to get people into theaters."

"Movies are getting more and more expensive to distribute. You need a lot of money to get people into theaters."

Robin Tunney, American Actress

Money, Movies, People

41

"Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed."

"Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed."

Richard Widmark, American Actor

Money, Friend, Eating, Jobs

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"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

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"Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money then all hell breaks loose. In communities like LA and New York they are using a lot of the youth for a test sight."

"Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money then all hell breaks loose. In communities like LA and New York they are using a lot of the youth for a test sight."

Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician

Money, Control, Doctors, Hell

41

"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars."

"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars."

J. Paul Getty, American Businessman

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"I look forward to the end of all this money-making part of the career, to be truthful."

"I look forward to the end of all this money-making part of the career, to be truthful."

Paul Guilfoyle, American Actor

Money, Career, End

41

"The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible."

"The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible."

Gore Vidal, American Novelist

Money, Buying, Pleasure

41

"We're going to have to forgive a great deal of the Soviet era debt. There's no question about that. Let's face up to that. We're going to have to put in money if Russia is really going to consolidate a democracy."

"We're going to have to forgive a great deal of the Soviet era debt. There's no question about that. Let's face up to that. We're going to have to put in money if Russia is really going to consolidate a democracy."

Jeffrey Sachs, American Economist

Money, Debt, Democracy, Question

41

"Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way."

"Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

Money, Fact, Old, Woman

41

"I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something."

"I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something."

Jackie Mason, American Comedian

Money, Life, Rest

41

"That's the real secret to job creation - not borrowing and spending more money in Washington."

"That's the real secret to job creation - not borrowing and spending more money in Washington."

Paul Ryan, American Politician

Money, Borrowing, Creation, Job

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"Money is a kind of poetry."

"Money is a kind of poetry."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

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"It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money."

"It worried me when Britney snogged Madonna. It looked a bit fake. It screamed 'We're in this for the money."

Simon Le Bon, English Musician

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"There's no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, I'm playing up-to-date, not the blues I was born with. People should hear the pure blues - the blues we used to have when we had no money."

"There's no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, I'm playing up-to-date, not the blues I was born with. People should hear the pure blues - the blues we used to have when we had no money."

Muddy Waters, American Musician

Money, People, Chicago, Play

41

"People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money."

"People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money."

Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian Public Servant

Money, People, Globalization, Now

41

"I have more money now than I know what to do with."

"I have more money now than I know what to do with."

Mark Wahlberg, American Actor

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"There's no amount of money that would make me decide something for a career."

"There's no amount of money that would make me decide something for a career."

Eva Longoria, American Actress

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"I can't afford to die; I'd lose too much money."

"I can't afford to die; I'd lose too much money."

George Burns, American Comedian

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"Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most."

"Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most."

Joe Moore, American Celebrity

Money, Friend, Borrowing

41

"I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it."

"I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it."

Donald Trump, American Businessman

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"All studio movies are the middle of the Bell curve. The only way to do something is to do it yourself. And the only way to do that is to not take any money from anyone or take as little money as possible from anyone and that's it."

"All studio movies are the middle of the Bell curve. The only way to do something is to do it yourself. And the only way to do that is to not take any money from anyone or take as little money as possible from anyone and that's it."

Thomas Lennon, American Actor

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"What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to."

"What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to."

Barbra Streisand, American Actress

Money, People, Applause, Dress

41

"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money."

"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

41

"And so I was doing that and starving and somebody said you should model and I ran when they told me how much money you could make and I did a television commercial the first job."

"And so I was doing that and starving and somebody said you should model and I ran when they told me how much money you could make and I did a television commercial the first job."

Sela Ward, American Actress

Money, First, Job, Television

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"As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office."

"As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office."

Molly Ivins, American Journalist

Money, Women, Office, Vote

41

"It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence."

"It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence."

Clay Aiken, American Musician

Money, Fame, Influence

41

"What people forget is that every movie that gets made keeps making money for somebody FOREVER."

"What people forget is that every movie that gets made keeps making money for somebody FOREVER."

Dave Thomas, American Businessman

Money, People, Forget

41

"Now that I'm gettin' old enough to get some money, I'd like to have some money. I don't get much made, I need to conquer a big chunk of money. Not quit playin' but quit playin' so hard."

"Now that I'm gettin' old enough to get some money, I'd like to have some money. I don't get much made, I need to conquer a big chunk of money. Not quit playin' but quit playin' so hard."

Muddy Waters, American Musician

Money, Now, Old

41

"Everybody's over here to make money for themselves."

"Everybody's over here to make money for themselves."

Betty Hill, American Celebrity

41

"It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money."

"It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money."

Sherry Stringfield, American Actress

Money, Time, Thought

40

"Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money."

"Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money."

Ed O'Neill, American Actor

Money, Reason, Security

40

"Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas."

"Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas."

Peter DeFazio, American Politician

Money, Borrowing

40

"Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some of them."

"Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some of them."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

Money, Movies, Rights

40

"I made a small fortune. I made a lot of money and I made a lot of other people wealthy."

"I made a small fortune. I made a lot of money and I made a lot of other people wealthy."

Jim Cramer, American Businessman

Money, People, Fortune

40

"Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million."

"Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

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"A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published."

"A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Money, Acceptance, First, Poets

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