"All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy."

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Source : "Genius declared: Wilde tops the wit list" by Aidan Jones, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2007.

Spike Milligan

#Money Quotes #Saving Quotes #Chance Quotes

“Being poor is not like being a victim. Being poor means that you don't have one resource.”

Source : "Kathy Calvin | President/CEO of United Nations Foundation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.
“That was Youth with its reckless exuberance when all things were possible pursued by Age where we are now, looking back at what we destroyed, what we tore away from that self who could do more, and its work that's become my enemy because that's what I can tell you about, that Youth who could do anything.”
“The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief.”
“I became convinced that knowing lots of people was kind of skill, something that the diligent can overcome.”
“My twenties were a write-off. It's a cruel illness, because you can't see it and you can hide it so well.”
“We have a society in which men sexualize women, period. If you don't want male attention, it makes total sense you'd do everything to your dress and physicality to not be sexualized. But I see that changing dramatically. Now, [younger lesbians] look more like Paris Hilton than Billie Jean King.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Our party for the longest time has relied on the votes of white guys. I think that all of these candidates are going to improve our party, our policies, and our nation.”
“Lots of us have expertise in particular areas. Becoming an expert in something means that we become more and more fascinated by nuance and complexity. That's when the Curse of Knowledge kicks in, and we start to forget what it's like not to know what we know.”

Source : "Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck". Book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, 2006.

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