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...when a society is reaching its end, in the last couple of centuries you have... a misplacement of satisfactions. You find your emotional satisfaction in making a lot of money... or in proving to the poor, half-naked people in Southeast Asia that you can kill them in large numbers.
Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: The State of Individuals (1976) -
A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into.
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A duped newspaper or magazine could contend that a fiction-spouting journalist obtained part of his salary via fraud, and use a criminal proceeding to try and recoup that money. Given the profession's notoriously low wages, however, it's probably not worth the publicity headache and legal fees. No news organization has ever pursued such a case.
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A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.
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A fool and his money get a lot of publicity.
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A fool and his words are soon parted; a man of genius and his money.
Essay on man, manners and things (1769) -
A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.
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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
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A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
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A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
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A lot of money is spent trying to keep people alive who don't necessarily want to be alive.
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A lot of musicians don't learn the business. You just have to be well-rounded in both areas. You have to understand publishing. You have to understand how you make money, what's in demand, what helps you make the most out of your talent.
On running a label -
A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there's a lot of DJs making records, they're not all making good records, but they have the right to do that.
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A lot of people in Hollywood, and everywhere pretty much, operate on fear. No one wants to get fired, so everyone's scared to take a chance. There's money involved, and there are careers and reputations on the line.
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A lot of times, when you're seeing something that you've done, you're thinking about the experience you had making it, not about the experience of the product.
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A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come together.
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