Michelle Singletary Quotes

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• Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship.

  Michelle Singletary

  May, Able, Conflict

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• My first piece of career advice is find your gifting. Find the thing that you are skilled at and figure out if you can make a living doing it.

  Michelle Singletary

  Careers, Advice, Pieces

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• You are rich if you have enough to meet your most basic needs. You are rich if you have access to clean water, food, shelter, love, a roof over your head.You have to count your blessings to see that you are richer than you think.

  Michelle Singletary

  Blessing, Thinking, Roof Over Your Head

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• The sad thing is many people learn how to manage money after they've made a lot of financial mistakes, some that take decades to fix.

  Michelle Singletary

  Mistake, People, Financial

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• If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to teach our children what my grandmother taught me: Think twice about spending money you don't have on things you don't need to impress people you don't like anyway.

  Michelle Singletary

  Money, Children, Grandmother

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• I use a "Debt Dash" approach to paying off debt. I recommend people focus on paying off the debt with the lowest balance first. So if the primary has less debt you would focus on that.

  Michelle Singletary

  People, Focus, Balance

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Priorities lead to prosperity.

  Michelle Singletary

  Priorities, Prosperity

  Michelle Singletary (2004). “Spend Well, Live Rich (previously published as 7 Money Mantras for a Richer Life): How to Get What You Want with the Money You Have”, p.36, Ballantine Books

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• You are NOT a financial failure if you rent. You are getting something for your money. A roof over your head.

  Michelle Singletary

  Roof Over Your Head, Financial, Ifs

  "Color of Money Live". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. March 10, 2016.

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• You made a decision given your life circumstances and you have to be ok with that. Regrets that can't be change is just torturing yourself.

  Michelle Singletary

  Regret, Decision, Made

  "Color of Money Live". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. January 21, 2016.

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• Money may not buy love, but fighting about it will bankrupt your relationship.

  Michelle Singletary

  Love, Money, Fighting

  Michelle Singletary (2006). “Your Money and Your Man: How You and Prince Charming Can Spend Well and Live Rich”, p.8, Random House

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• You shouldn't invest the money if you are looking to use it within five years. Too much risk.

  Michelle Singletary

  Years, Risk, Too Much

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• I will just say, no matter where you buy the car, do your homework. When I purchase a car I come in with a folder an inch thick. In fact, one time the auto sales person asked if he could copy my research!

  Michelle Singletary

  Car, Homework

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• There's nothing wrong with having a 9-to-5 job, but figure out a way to have another stream of income.

  Michelle Singletary

  Jobs, Income, Way

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• There are other ways to motivate students than requiring them to take on debt or work long hours taking away from their studies. For example, we don't allow our kids to work during the school hours their freshman year. After that, they can work a little but not so much that it hurts their education.

  Michelle Singletary

  Hurt, School, Kids

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• I like the idea of having a paperless society.But to be paperless means you have to be so careful with your identity.

  Michelle Singletary

  Mean, Ideas, Identity

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• A foreclosure does not define you financially.

  Michelle Singletary

  Doe, Foreclosure, Define You

  "Color of Money Live". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. January 21, 2016.

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• A smart couple with a healthy financial relationship is always talking about money and how they're handling it. If there's a medical emergency or a job loss, talk about it. If there's a windfall, talk about it. Your financial situation is a constantly changing thing.

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  Jobs, Couple, Smart

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• I understand and respect people who say they want to boycott the Trump brand. I also respect your right to buy his products. But what you miss is that no one in public office, Hilary or Trump should use that platform to profit themselves. In Trump's case there are serious concerns about the conflict of interest in his brand and business ownership. Do we really want a president who had products he can push while working for the American people?

  Michelle Singletary

  People, Office, Missing

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• I use my financial values to set my limitations. I have three children I want to put through college debt free. So that means I can't spend wildly or with disregard.

  Michelle Singletary

  Children, Mean, College

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• You still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal.

  Michelle Singletary

  Retirement, Debt Free, Goal

  "Color of Money Live". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. January 21, 2016.

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• That's is life. You move and change according to things that happen to you and things that you make happen because of poor choices.

  Michelle Singletary

  Moving, Choices, Poor

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• Having fun time is a good use of your money.

  Michelle Singletary

  Fun, Having Fun, Use

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• My husband and I are pretty good at leaving money alone until we need it for what we've saved it for.

  Michelle Singletary

  Husband, Leaving, Needs

  "Color of Money Live". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. January 21, 2016.

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• Remember life insurance is intended as income replacement to help dependents and or/spouse pay for things that your income would have covered. When you get to the point that you're dependents (Your kids mostly) aren't dependent on your income, you could reduce the amount of life insurance you are carrying.

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  Kids, Pay, Income

  "Color of Money Live". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. March 10, 2016.

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• My kids have to maintain good grades. They have to be involved in activities. They have to report to me how thing are going. I watch for any activity that would steer them wrong - drinking, drugs, etc. So their skin in the game is knowing the money won't be there if they don't do their part.

  Michelle Singletary

  Drinking, Kids, Games

  "Color of Money Live: 'Can't have a dollar without a penny.'". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. September 22, 2016.

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