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Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist
Money

"There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written."

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Socrates Philosopher
Money

"If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."

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Louisa May Alcott Novelist, Poet
Money

"Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes."

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John Hope Bryant Entrepreneur, Author
Money

"Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order to support themselves. We free people through education and entrepreneurship. Freedom is self-determination, and you can't self-determine without understanding money and capitalism."

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Muhammad Yunus Social Entrepreneur
Money

"I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh."

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Barack Obama Politician
Money

"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential."

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Hunter S. Thompson Journalist, Author
Money

"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason."

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