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"Writing is turning one's worst moments into money."

"Writing is turning one's worst moments into money."

J. P. Donleavy, American Dramatist

Money, Moments, Writing

27

"Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers."

"Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers."

Cesar Chavez, American Activist

Money, Work, Benefits, Corporations

27

"I never take on anything that is just for the money or just for, you know. I always have to connect with it in a very personal way because I believe the audience will sense whether I'm into it or not, so I don't take on projects that I'm not really passionate about."

"I never take on anything that is just for the money or just for, you know. I always have to connect with it in a very personal way because I believe the audience will sense whether I'm into it or not, so I don't take on projects that I'm not really passionate about."

Deborah Cox, Canadian Musician

Money, Projects, Sense, Will

27

"I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money."

"I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money."

Emily Rossum, American Actress

Money, Job, Jobs

27

"There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it."

"There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it."

James Caan, American Actor

Money, Work, Difference, Now

27

"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."

"When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Money, Thought, Life, Now

27

"I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything."

"I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything."

Brian May, English Musician

Money, Queen, Right

27

"I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful."

"I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful."

Kim Novak, American Actress

Money, Acting, Fame, Meaning

27

"Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed."

"Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed."

Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman

Money, Ideas, Will

27

"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've got money so I'm a Conservative."

"I've got money so I'm a Conservative."

Lord Thomson of Fleet, Canadian Publisher

Money, Conservative

27

"Well, everybody is trying to make this a money thing. If you send me to another team, let's see what I ask for. I won't ask for nothing. I'll play under the same terms. So it is not Gary wants more money. Gary has money. What else do I need?"

"Well, everybody is trying to make this a money thing. If you send me to another team, let's see what I ask for. I won't ask for nothing. I'll play under the same terms. So it is not Gary wants more money. Gary has money. What else do I need?"

Gary Sheffield, American Athlete

Money, Nothing, Play, Trying

27

"To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue."

"To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue."

William F. Buckley, Jr., American Journalist

Money, Fatigue, Guests, Wine

27

"Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it."

"Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it."

Victoria Jackson, American Comedian

Money, People, Fun, Mind

27

"As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?"

"As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?"

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

Money, Character, Americans, Value

27

"I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending $80 billion on important programs here at home, we're sending this money overseas just to pay interest on our debt."

"I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending $80 billion on important programs here at home, we're sending this money overseas just to pay interest on our debt."

Tim Johnson, American Politician

Money, Home, Country, Debt

27

"We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money."

"We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money."

Fredrik Bajer, Danish Writer

Money, Achievement, Denmark, Effort

27

"The people who are buying stocks because they're going up and they don't know what they do deserve to lose money."

"The people who are buying stocks because they're going up and they don't know what they do deserve to lose money."

Jim Cramer, American Businessman

Money, People, Buying

27

"My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money."

"My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money."

O. J. Simpson, American Athlete

27

"Disney had made such a great deal of money on Snow White that the banks gave him the go-ahead on the next three films. But he was heavily dependent on the foreign market."

"Disney had made such a great deal of money on Snow White that the banks gave him the go-ahead on the next three films. But he was heavily dependent on the foreign market."

Marc Davis, American Artist

Money, Banks, Disney, Snow

27

"For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck."

"For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

Money, Movies, People, Budgets

27

"Because A Walk To Remember had come out and it had made money and I got a lot of congratulations at that time as it happens out there."

"Because A Walk To Remember had come out and it had made money and I got a lot of congratulations at that time as it happens out there."

Shane West, American Actor

27

"Money has no moral opinions."

"Money has no moral opinions."

Abraham Polonsky, American Writer

Money, Opinions

27

"Everybody thought I was crazy. They thought I should take the money and run. But there was just something special about being a senior at Chapel Hill. I just couldn't leave."

"Everybody thought I was crazy. They thought I should take the money and run. But there was just something special about being a senior at Chapel Hill. I just couldn't leave."

Lorrie Fair, American Athlete

Money, Thought, Being

27

"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

27

"The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place, get fired and hired somewhere else."

"The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place, get fired and hired somewhere else."

Whitey Herzog, American Athlete

27

"We will pay any price that we are instructed to. But the money has to come from somewhere."

"We will pay any price that we are instructed to. But the money has to come from somewhere."

Jerry Kramer, American Athlete

27

"I'd met a woman and I got married, but the money ran out right away. I hadn't had a job for seven months, and it just came over me that I was never going to work again. It hit me."

"I'd met a woman and I got married, but the money ran out right away. I hadn't had a job for seven months, and it just came over me that I was never going to work again. It hit me."

Denis Johnson, German Writer

Money, Work, Job, Months

27

"The way money goes so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it."

"The way money goes so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it."

Mark Russell, American Writer

27

"We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with."

"We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Money, Mistakes

27

"There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy."

"There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy."

Timothy Geithner, American Public Servant

Money, Financial, Economy, End

27

"I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy."

"I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy."

Tom Petty, American Musician

27

"There are a lot of girls that will try to hook up with you, then try to have your kid because they figure they're going to get all this money from you."

"There are a lot of girls that will try to hook up with you, then try to have your kid because they figure they're going to get all this money from you."

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

Money, Girls, Will

27

"On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very cheaply. And already in 1920 I saved the first salaries I received to go to Munich."

"On the little money I had collected I lived in Berlin very cheaply, ate very cheaply. And already in 1920 I saved the first salaries I received to go to Munich."

Josef Albers, German Artist

27

"Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools."

"Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools."

William Bennett, American Politician

Money, People, Schools, Years

27

"What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it?"

"What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it?"

Harold Rosenberg, American Writer

26

"Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society."

"Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society."

Candace Bushnell, American Writer

Money, Power, Society, Women

26

"I enjoy money."

"I enjoy money."

Karen Carpenter, American Musician

26

"People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes."

"People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

Money, People, Charity, Liberals

26

"Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal."

"Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal."

Frank Lampard, English Athlete

Money, People, Will

26

"There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give."

"There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give."

Robert Mondavi, American Businessman

Money, People, Pleasure

26

"The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You could be the world champions and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through."

"The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You could be the world champions and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through."

Whitey Herzog, American Athlete

Money, Key, Now, Rules

26

"The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time."

"The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time."

Bill Murray, American Actor

Money, Time, Writing, Wrong

26

"That's wonderful. And what did you do with the money?"

"That's wonderful. And what did you do with the money?"

Miriam Hopkins, American Actress

26

"I have too much money invested in sweaters."

"I have too much money invested in sweaters."

Bob Hope, American Comedian

26

"Profile has half the publishing and they control and administer the publishing and distribute and own the records, so our group is a 10-point crew. But we got a lot of money off of the shows."

Jam Master Jay, American Musician

Money, Control, Publishing

26

"The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all "bottom line" editors; everything depends on the money."

"The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all "bottom line" editors; everything depends on the money."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

Money, Editors, Literary

26

"It's all about the fungibility and money. If Planned Parenthood accesses hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money and they use that for other purposes, then they can use other dollars to fund abortion."

"It's all about the fungibility and money. If Planned Parenthood accesses hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money and they use that for other purposes, then they can use other dollars to fund abortion."

Eric Cantor, American Politician

Money, Abortion, Parenthood

26

"We need to spend more money to insure that our troops are properly equipped."

"We need to spend more money to insure that our troops are properly equipped."

Brian Higgins, American Politician

26

"If we'd have said we were not upset, they would have thought we were so rich it meant nothing to us, and if we say we're upset about it, they'll say money is all we care about."

"If we'd have said we were not upset, they would have thought we were so rich it meant nothing to us, and if we say we're upset about it, they'll say money is all we care about."

John Bonham, British Musician

Money, Thought, Care, Nothing

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