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Toni Morrison: Earnings Squander
on Tuesday, August 6, 2019Toni Morrison Money Quote saying in the New Yorker of 2017 that money can be wasted and it can be used for real things where it is needed and can bring fulfillment to us. Toni Morrison said:
“Part of my pride in working for Her was earning money I could squander: on movies, candy, paddleballs, jacks, ice-cream cones. But a larger part of my pride was based on the fact that I gave half my wages to my mother, which meant that some of my earnings were used for real things — an insurance-policy payment or what was owed to the milkman or the iceman” — Toni Morrison
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Truman Capote: Time to Americans is Money
on Sunday, September 30, 2018Truman Capote Money Quote saying different cultures focus on time as having relevance to differing aspects – Americans simply see time as dollars. Truman Capote said:
“Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it, French hoard it, Italians squander it, Americans say it is money” — Truman Capote
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Birthday September 30, 1924 (Died August 25, 1984)
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