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• Revenge is one of the few things in politics that never gets lost in the mail or written off for a dime on the dollar like losers' campaign debts or pledges to help the Poor.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Revenge, Dollars, Campaigns

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream”, p.245, Pan Macmillan

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• Most presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished.

  George Will

  President

  George F. Will (1992). “Suddenly: The American Idea Abroad and at Home, 1986-1990”

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• I'd go for parts that didn't pay a dime, and there would be 300 to 400 actors there. It could be very discouraging. To make it in this business, you have to have a kind of dumb sense that you're really good. You have to believe that someone is going to recognize that.

  Michael Imperioli

  Believe, Dumb, Would Be

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• It's a small percentile of people who see one dime out of the music business.

  Chad Kroeger

  People, Music Business

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• I've never seen a guy change his position so many times, so fast, on a dime.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Guy, Republican, Position

  "Mitt Romney hypes up 'vote for revenge' rumpus" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2012.

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• We're building an independent political program that can run electoral politics and then turn on a dime to hold our leaders to task, in case they suddenly develop that old case of amnesia! We'll be there to remind them what they promised and who they promised to work for!

  Richard Trumka

  Running, Independent, Leader

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• Day by day night after night Blinded by the neon lights Hurry here, hustlin' there No one's got the time to spare Money's tight, nothin' free Won't somebody come and rescue me? I am stranded, caught in the crossfire Stranded, caught in the crossfire! Tooth for tooth, eye for an eye Sell your soul just to buy, buy, buy Beggin' a dollar stealin' a dime Come on can't you see that I I am stranded, caught in the crossfire

  Stevie Ray Vaughan

  Eye, Night, Light

  Song: Crossfire

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• Good God! This man should be writing dime novels.

  Josephus Daniels

  Writing, Men, Air Power

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• When I went to Chicago, I'll put it like this: I was looking for a dime and I found a quarter.

  Buddy Guy

  Chicago, Found, Quarters

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• He hands you a nickel, he hands you a dime. He asks you with a grin, if you're having a good time.

  Bob Dylan

  Work, Hands, Good Times

  Bob Dylan (2014). “The Lyrics: Since 1962”, p.176, Simon and Schuster

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• Saving nickels, saving dimes, working 'til the sun don't shine, looking forward to happier times.

  Roy Orbison

  Work, Shining, Saving

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• In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might fear that the athletes are being exploited. But that narrative doesn't hold up very well in the world of MMA, where 99 percent of fighters are amateurs who will never earn a dime. They aren't seeking fame and fortune. For the most part, these guys are fighting because they want to and because it gives them an opportunity to strive for something big in their lives. It gives them a chance to become their best selves.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Athlete, Fighting, Opportunity

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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• Whoever the kid had been, whoever had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the admonishment of parents, teachers, governments, religions, and the law: "You just change your attitude now please, young man." This transformation in kids - from flashing dragonflies, so to say, to sticky water-surface worms slowly slipping downstream - is noticed with pride by society and with mortification by God, which is a fantastic way of saying I don't like to see kids throw away their truth just because it isn't worth a dime in the open market.

  William Saroyan

  Teacher, Attitude, Kids

  William Saroyan (1968). “I used to believe I had forever, now I'm not so sure”

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• I want people to be inspired to do what's in front of them. If you won't give a dime out of a dollar, don't talk to a billionaire about giving their money away because if you don't give a dime out of a dollar, I can promise you, you're not going to give a 100 million out of a billion. It's a lie.

  Tony Robbins

  Lying, People, Giving

  "Interview with Tony Robbins on His New Book, ‘Money: Master the Game’". Interview With Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 20, 2014.

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• So many I considered, closest to me,turned on a dime and sold me out dutifully,although that knife was chipping away at me,they turned their eyes away and went home to sleep.

  Mariah Carey

  Home, Sleep, Eye

  Song: Petals, Album: Rainbow, 1999

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• Just because I was married to Aly Khan, people think I'm rich. Well, I'm not. I never got a dime from Aly or from any of my husbands.

  Rita Hayworth

  Husband, Thinking, People

  The New York Times, October 25, 1970.

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• I thought that, given the system of rewards central to our economic system, in which profit maximization is valued above all else and specifically above life, it is probably just as irresistible to the owners of capital (human or otherwise) to exploit workers (and the land): "Nothing personal," they say as they load their property onto the ship bound for the Middle Passage, "but a man's gotta turn a dime."

  Derrick Jensen

  Men, Land, Rewards

  Derrick Jensen (2002). “The Culture of Make Believe”, p.102, Chelsea Green Publishing

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• I was a coin collector.I didn't know I was nerdy at the time until I felt my 16-D Mercury Dime that was in uncirculated condition might be a panty dropper, and it turned out not to be. Then I stumbled into skateboarding, which kind of was cooler. But I wasn't aware of what was cool. My dad wasn't around so he couldn't shake me and say, 'Drop the coin collecting bit. It's not where you want to go.' So, that and the spelling bee and the chess, I think I had it figured out for myself.

  Adam Sandler

  Dad, Thinking, Skateboarding

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• I feel so small I could sit on a dime an' my legs wouldn't even hang over.

  Mary Lasswell

  Legs, Unhappiness, Feels

  Mary Lasswell (2016). “One on the House”, p.23, Open Road Media

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• My daddy used to maintain, if you have to use ten-dollar words, what you're trying to say isn't worth a dime.

  Charlene Weir

  Daddy, Trying, Dollars

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• Only a dreamer or a fool would pick a stock at random and expect it to take off like a space ship from its launching pad. Certainly this has happened - about as often as a dime-store clerk has become a Hollywood star or a boy born in a log cabin has been elected President of the United States - just often enough, that is, to keep alive the Great American Dream.

  Catherine Crook de Camp

  Dream, Stars, Boys

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• I know I have a first-rate mind, but that`s no source of pride to me. Intelligent people are a dime a dozen. But I am proud of having character.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Character, Pride, Intelligent

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• It's very simple: The more successful you are, the more you'll earn. But if you're not successful, you will not earn a dime.

  Steve Jobs

  Successful, Simple, Ifs

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• U.S. Government has said they are now going to go after the terrorist's electronic banking system. You know what they should do? They should transfer bin Laden's funds to my bank. They'd mess up his deposits, screw up his statement and nickel and dime him to death with service charges.

  Jay Leno

  Government, Screw Ups, Banking

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• Evening attend two "fandangos." Girls not very pretty but exceedingly graceful. [You] pay a dime for a figure and refreshments foryour doxy, who instead of eating prudently stores her cakes, etc., in a basket to be taken home for the family.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Girl, Taken, Home

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