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Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was

Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things. – Adam Smith

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The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. – Adam Smith

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Fear
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Adam Smith
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Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God. – Adam Smith

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Humor
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Adam Smith
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Money
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All I wanted to do was write – at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didnt need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children. – Paul Auster

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Money

Im not really interested in making money. – Steven Spielberg

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Money

Mitt Romney understands free enterprise, he has worked in it. He has seen companies succeed and he has seen them fail, too. He knows what people think about when they invest their money. – Marco Rubio

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Money

You can be young without money but you cant be old without it. – Tennessee Williams

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Money

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The best time to make friends is before you need them. – Ethel Barrymore

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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. – C. S. Lewis

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One new feature or fresh take can change everything. – Neil Young

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