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"When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war."

"When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Money, War, People, Help

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"If we're going to spend more money, it should go to the soldiers, Marines, and airmen to increase their salaries."

"If we're going to spend more money, it should go to the soldiers, Marines, and airmen to increase their salaries."

David Hunt, English Politician

Money, Marines, Soldiers

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"The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money."

"The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money."

Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian Publisher

Money, Possibility, Danger, May

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"If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself."

"If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself."

Mike Weir, Canadian Athlete

Money, Thought, Winning, Hurt

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"I still manage to spend around 40 hours a week at work but it is a lot more focused on what can make money as opposed to what makes me look good in the papers."

"I still manage to spend around 40 hours a week at work but it is a lot more focused on what can make money as opposed to what makes me look good in the papers."

Benjamin Cohen, English Journalist

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"As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it."

"As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it."

Matt Gonzalez, American Politician

Money, Society, Commitment, Lawyers

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"I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20's and 30's... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent."

"I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20's and 30's... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent."

Mark Edwards, American Celebrity

Money, Politics, Mind, Pretty

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"Success produces success, just as money produces money."

"Success produces success, just as money produces money."

Diane Ackerman, American Poet

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"Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say."

"Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say."

Ken Burns, American Director

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"I think you're only free if you're working on very low or huge money."

"I think you're only free if you're working on very low or huge money."

George A. Romero, American Director

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"There is no way I could have ever dared to make a documentary, much less have the money to make a documentary, if it was on 16mm. But, with the magic of digital."

"There is no way I could have ever dared to make a documentary, much less have the money to make a documentary, if it was on 16mm. But, with the magic of digital."

Lloyd Kaufman, American Director

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"If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent."

"If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent."

Carl Karcher, American Businessman

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"Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right?"

"Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right?"

Russell Simmons, American Businessman

Money, Civilrights

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"The American Dream is really money."

"The American Dream is really money."

Jill Robinson, American Novelist

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"If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet."

"If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet."

Theodore White, American Journalist

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"I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back."

"I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back."

Eriq La Salle, American Actor

Money, Nature, People

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"Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic."

"Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic."

Robert Rodriguez, American Director

Money, People, Freedom

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"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money."

"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

Money, People, Giving, Poverty

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"We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line."

"We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line."

Jerry Greenfield, American Businessman

Money, Success, Community

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"I liked money more than going to school."

"I liked money more than going to school."

Norton Simon, American Businessman

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"I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it's their money. They said it's not their money; it's my mother's money. Well that's what's wrong with the system."

"I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it's their money. They said it's not their money; it's my mother's money. Well that's what's wrong with the system."

Johnny Isakson, American Politician

Money, Mother, Night, Opposition

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"People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible."

"People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible."

Bryn Terfel, Welsh Musician

Money, People, Houses, Opera

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"That was the big secret. Walt would do things over and over again, with no regard to money, to get things perfect."

"That was the big secret. Walt would do things over and over again, with no regard to money, to get things perfect."

Frank Tashlin, American Artist

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"With money, who needs friends?"

"With money, who needs friends?"

Frank Gorshin, American Actor

Money, Friends, Needs

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"In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all."

"In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all."

William Randolph Hearst, American Publisher

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"I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea."

"I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea."

Oliver North, American Soldier

Money, Thought, Idea, Support

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"It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down."

"It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down."

Antoine Fuqua, American Director

Money, People, Idea, Cinema

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"The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists."

"The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists."

Logan Pearsall Smith, American Critic

Money, Work, Artists, Devil

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"Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom."

"Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom."

Mary Renault, English Novelist

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"When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day."

"When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day."

J. D. Hayworth, American Politician

Money, Country, Day, Economy

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"If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path."

"If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path."

Marty Allen, American Comedian

Money, Girls, Man

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"I gotta make money - it all tends to disappear in this field."

"I gotta make money - it all tends to disappear in this field."

Josh Brolin, American Actor

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"I don't know the time frame exactly, but it's clear they're all going to want to start spending money again."

"I don't know the time frame exactly, but it's clear they're all going to want to start spending money again."

Andrew Gould, British Businessman

Money, Time, Want

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"That's what unions do. They can get money, they can get support, they can get manpower."

"That's what unions do. They can get money, they can get support, they can get manpower."

James P. Hoffa, American Businessman

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"It helps if you really enjoy your jobs. If you don't, then just think about the money."

"It helps if you really enjoy your jobs. If you don't, then just think about the money."

Lisa Nicole Carson, American Actress

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"You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?"

"You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?"

Barbara Boxer, American Politician

Money, People, Home, Afghanistan

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"I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise."

"I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required more money to live than black people. That is why I wasn't going to get a raise."

Curt Flood, American Athlete

Money, Manager, People

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"Basically, if you could get a good trailer out of the script, Roger had no objection to you making a really good movie. He liked it if you did. He liked the more cleverness and ingenuity you could bring to it. He just wasn't going to give you any more money."

"Basically, if you could get a good trailer out of the script, Roger had no objection to you making a really good movie. He liked it if you did. He liked the more cleverness and ingenuity you could bring to it. He just wasn't going to give you any more money."

John Sayles, American Director

Money, Cleverness

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"Don't matter how much money you got, there's only two kinds of people: there's saved people and there's lost people."

"Don't matter how much money you got, there's only two kinds of people: there's saved people and there's lost people."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

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"Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet."

"Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet."

Henry James, American Writer

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"But you've got to have money for comfort, which obviously doesn't matter as much when you're young, but even so. I always like to bloody eat well and be warm. Have a drink when I want it."

"But you've got to have money for comfort, which obviously doesn't matter as much when you're young, but even so. I always like to bloody eat well and be warm. Have a drink when I want it."

Jeffrey Bernard, British Journalist

Money, Comfort, Want

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"We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero."

"We do not have a revenue problem in D.C. or this county. We have a prioritization problem. When you create the priorities you fund the priorities of the country and you stop spending money when you get to zero."

Tim Scott, American Politician

Money, Country, Priorities

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"Napster is essentially using the music to make money for themselves and that's the part that's both morally and legally wrong. That I think is more relevant than whether or not I'm losing money."

"Napster is essentially using the music to make money for themselves and that's the part that's both morally and legally wrong. That I think is more relevant than whether or not I'm losing money."

Hilary Rosen, American Businessman

Money, Music, Losing, Wrong

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"Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with."

"Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with."

Charles Farrar Browne, American Writer

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"Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories."

"Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories."

Ken Venturi, American Athlete

Money, Victory, Memories

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"I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity."

"I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity."

Kenny G, American Musician

Money, Music, Perception, Play

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"Taking Big Bird away from our five year olds, lunch money away from our ten year olds, job training programs away from our fifteen year olds, and college loans away from our twenty year olds is a disgrace."

"Taking Big Bird away from our five year olds, lunch money away from our ten year olds, job training programs away from our fifteen year olds, and college loans away from our twenty year olds is a disgrace."

John Murray, American Publisher

Money, College, Disgrace, Job

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"Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs."

"Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs."

Andrew Mellon, American Businessman

Money, Corporations, Tax, Jobs

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"I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man."

"I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man."

Themistocles, Greek Soldier

Money, Man, Want

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"The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios don't know what else to do. They don't have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money."

"The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios don't know what else to do. They don't have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money."

Peter Bogdanovich, American Director

Money, Control, Actor, Actors

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