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• Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Different, Wealth, Let Me

  "The Rich Boy" (1926)

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• The true terrorists of our world do not meet at the docks at midnight, or scream "Allahu Akbar" before some violent action. The true terrorists of our world wear 5000 dollar suits and work in the highest positions of finance, government and business.

  Peter Joseph

  Our World, Government, Suits

  "Zeitgeist: Addendum". Documentary, History, War, www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• Public sentiment is not observed. The wealthy and powerful gain a ready hearing, but the plodding, suffering, unorganized complaining multitude are spurned and derided.

  James B. Weaver

  Powerful, Political, Suffering

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• Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth--even if they decide to help the less fortunate--while others are short-changed, then even acts of kindness end up supporting unjust arrangements. We must never ignore the injustices that make charity necessary, or the inequalities that make it possible.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Kindness, Order, Justice

  "Come Hell or High Water". Book by Michael Eric Dyson, www.today.com. 2006.

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• Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.

  Richard DeVos

  Life, Relationship, Money

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• I think coexisting with another life form is a very rich experience. It's why people keep plants and animals.

  Susan Orlean

  Animal, Thinking, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Financial struggle is often the direct result of people working all their lives for someone else.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Money, Business

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Nov 09, 2012

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• Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Littles, Riches, Liable

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1847). “The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed”, p.73

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• He only is rich who owns the day.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Independence

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1871). “Society and Solitude and Other Essays”, p.150

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• Do not say, What what fear has a rich man of calamity.

  Chanakya

  Men, Calamity, Rich Man

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• NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU'RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR? Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say, Really? In that case, how come so many of the rich buggers is bastards? And being poor don't mean being naughty, neither.

  Terry Pratchett

  Nice, Mean, Naughty

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• Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes the rich richer, enlarges the deficit and increases income and wealth inequality. We need economic policies which benefit working families, not the billionaire class.

  Bernie Sanders

  Jobs, Class, Giving

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• When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Powerful, War, Weak

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• The best way for photographers to become rich and famous is to go into another field.

  Bill Jay

  Photography, Way, Fields

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• The trickle-down experiment that began in the Reagan years failed America's middle class. Sure, the rich are doing great. Giant corporations are doing great. Lobbyists are doing great. But we need an economy where everyone else who works hard gets a shot at doing great!

  Elizabeth Warren

  Hard Work, Class, America

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• For now I'm just enjoying being a mom. I don't want to be more famous and more rich. I want to be a good mom.

  Jewel

  Mom, Want, Enjoy

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• Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.

  Cathy Freeman

  Life, Inspire, Want

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life - provided he go his own way.... To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was and always will be.

  Henry Miller

  Men, Rich Life, Effort

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• If you know peace, then you thrive; if you know contentment, then you are rich

  Su Shi

  Inspirational, Positive, Growth

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• Knowledge is a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.

  Francis Bacon

  Knowledge, Men, Relief

  'The Advancement of Learning' (1605) bk. 1, ch. 5, sect. 11

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• The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this--the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it.

  Walter Raleigh

  Men, Differences, Eating

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• Riches are able to solder up abundance of flaws.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Able, Riches, Flaws

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1858). “Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.358

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• Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes: it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given, something else is taken. Society acquires new arts and loses old instincts.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Art, Taken, Gains

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Self-Reliance and Other Essays”, p.36, Courier Corporation

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• Furthermore, the Latin American nuclear-weapon free zone which is now nearing completion has become in several respects an example which, notwithstanding the different characteristics of each region, is rich in inspiration.

  Alfonso Garcia Robles

  Latin, Inspiration, Example

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• Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich people.

  Elizabeth Moon

  Book, Character, People

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