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Life is nothing but rags and tags and filthy rags at that.


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No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.

No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.



If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.



A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.

A self-made man is one who believes in luck and sends his son to Oxford.



The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.

The waste, the insane freaks of these money men, the cynicism and egotism of their life... I'll show that they are not brilliant, not romantic, not delightful, not intelligent.



Venus can see at night without eyes.

Venus can see at night without eyes.



Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic

Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic



When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth.

When people are collecting gold they aren't doing business. ... Gold is constipation: even bankruptcy is more fluid. Gold isn't wealth: positions in markets are wealth.



About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.

About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.



Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.

Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness.



Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience.

Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience.





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I have no name, " she purred. "I'm whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be.

I have no name, " she purred. "I'm whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be.




we are not here on earth to change our destiny but to fulfill it.

we are not here on earth to change our destiny but to fulfill it.



Sniff looked at them and noticed that they were much smaller than he was, so he felt kinder and said, condescendingly. "Hullo. Nice to see you.

Sniff looked at them and noticed that they were much smaller than he was, so he felt kinder and said, condescendingly. "Hullo. Nice to see you.



To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain.

To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain.



And I make no apology for linking my thinking with computer technology.

And I make no apology for linking my thinking with computer technology.



I'm not going to sit here and argue with you. Just PUT THE BLOODY METER ON.

I'm not going to sit here and argue with you. Just PUT THE BLOODY METER ON.



I'm really excited about my TV show. I wrote it with my best friend.

I'm really excited about my TV show. I wrote it with my best friend.



"I count a lot of things that there's no need to count," Cameron said. "Just because that's the way I am. But I count all the things that need to be counted."

"I count a lot of things that there's no need to count," Cameron said. "Just because that's the way I am. But I count all the things that need to be counted."



Money, in truth, can do much, but it cannot do all. We must know the province of it, and confine it there, and even spurn it back when it wishes to get farther.

Money, in truth, can do much, but it cannot do all. We must know the province of it, and confine it there, and even spurn it back when it wishes to get farther.




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