“Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun, to make money and to express ourselves.”
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“Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?”
“Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them.”
“In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home.”
“I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor.”
“If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.”
“Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.”
“Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.”
“Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.”
“Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.”
“Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.”
“Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.”
“Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.”
“When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.”
“I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?”
“You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal.”
“I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.”
“Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.”
“Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.”
“Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.”
“Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.”
“It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.”
“The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.”
“I've had an exciting time I married for love and got a little money along with it.”