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Next Page »David Lynch: Commercial Song
on Wednesday, September 8, 2021David Lynch Money Quote saying that songs in commercials mean substantial profits for the artist, but imagery and song can mesh well. David Lynch said:
“I think that commercials can really ruin a song. You know that the person sold the song for a good deal of money, and that was the tradeoff. But, music and picture can marry in a beautiful way, and the reverse also” — David Lynch
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John le Carre: Ridiculous Amounts
on Sunday, December 13, 2020John le Carre Money Quote saying movie rights for stories sold to studios sometimes don’t get made and are then hidden away forever. John le Carre said:
“I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I’ve sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the films have never been made. That’s the saddest thing of all, because they’re locked up and no-one else can make them” — John le Carre
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana: Slave Sold
on Tuesday, May 26, 2020Mokokoma Mokhonoana Money Quote saying what distinguishes a slave from an employee is the latter sells themselves. Mokokoma Mokhonoana said:
“One of the main differences between a slave and an employee is that the employee sold themselves” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Wilhelmina Drucker: Negotiate Cost
on Monday, September 30, 2019Wilhelmina Drucker Money Quote saying In 1894 Wilhelmina Drucker, (founder of the journal Evolutie) that prostitution competes with marriage on price and terms. Wilhelmina Drucker said:
[In the eyes of the married woman] ‘who sold herself for the rest of her life and for a negotiated price’ [sees the prostitute as a competitor] ‘who offers her services under more flexible conditions’ — Wilhelmina Elizabeth Drucker
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Robert Crumb: Commodity Culture
on Friday, August 30, 2019Robert Crumb Money Quote saying business and generating income makes every object something to be purchased. Robert Crumb said:
“I hate business, having to deal with money. Money is one of the most hateful inventions of the human race. I hate the commodity culture, in which everything is bought and sold” — Robert Crumb
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David Koch: Father Left Me Millions
on Friday, August 23, 2019David Koch Money Quote saying he worked as an entrepreneur for years until he inherited a fortune from his father. David Koch said:
“One day, my father gave me an apple. I soon sold it for five dollars and bought two apples and sold them for ten. Then I bought four apples and sold them for twenty. Well, this went on day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, until my father died and left me three hundred million dollars!” — David Koch
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Catharine Beecher: Working Women
on Tuesday, August 6, 2019Catharine Beecher Money Quote saying women are taken advantage of by business owners when they pay little and profit greatly from the work. Catharine Beecher said:
“Work of all kinds is got from poor women, at prices that will not keep soul and body together, and then the articles thus made are sold for prices that give monstrous prices to the capitalist, who thus grows rich on the hard labor of our sex” — Catharine Beecher
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Voltaire: Weak Grovel Like Sheep
on Sunday, February 24, 2019Voltaire Money Quote saying The wealthy and powerful take advantage of the poor and vulnerable as though they were to be shorn and slaughtered. Voltaire said:
“Everywhere in the world, the weak detest the strong and grovel before them. And the strong treat them like flocks of sheep to be sold for their meat and wool” — Voltaire
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