"The whole value of the dime is in knowing what to do with it."
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"So somebody has talent? So what? Dime a dozen. And we're overpopulated. Actually we have more food than we have people and more art. We've gotten to the point of burning food. When will we begin to burn our art?"
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"That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars and can turn on a dime."
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"I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime, played it 'til my fingers bled."
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"There's not a dime's worth of difference between Obama and Romney."
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"I didn’t even cry, I was stunned. You know, and that’s just how fast life turns. It turns on a dime."
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"I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability."
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"Life turns on a dime."
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"A $10 million windfall? At today's prices, I'd feel almost as rich as I did one day in 1936 when I found a dime on the sidewalk and blew the whole wad on 20 Mary Jane candy bars, a box of jujubes, and a double feature."
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"Most presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished."
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"The world turns on a dime, the same now as it always has — which is to say, money makes the world go 'round. It's also what makes the world go spinning out of control."
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