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• Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.

  John Lyly

  Book, Study

  John Lyly, Leah Scragg (2003). “John Lyly 'Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit' and 'Euphues and His England': An Annotated, Modern-Spelling Edition”, p.146, Manchester University Press

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• Don't treat your customers like a bunch of purses and wallets.

  Chris Brogan

  Treats, Wallets, Bunch

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• He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.

  Otto von Bismarck

  Power, Thumbs

  Speech to North German Reichstag (May 21, 1869), Stenographische Berichte, (p. 1017), books.google.de.

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• DJs used to be American heroes. No more. Today, being a disk jockey is generally regarded as being slightly more respectable than snatching purses for a living, or robbing graves.

  Larry Lujack

  Hero, Jockeys, Today

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• Beware of the thief on the street that's after your purse. But also beware of the thief in your mind that's after your promise.

  Jim Rohn

  Promise, Mind, Thieves

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• A lean purse is easier to cure than to endure.

  George S. Clason

  Easier, Cures, Endure

  George S. Clason (1983). “The Richest Man in Babylon”, Bantam

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• There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a lot to do with the mergers and buyouts and the corporations being more in control of the purse strings. We find that the projects have to come with higher expectations rather than books that just should be published. That's disturbing because we might find fewer and fewer children's books by African Americans or with black cultural themes.

  Jerry Pinkney

  Children, Struggle, Book

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• I put the charm bracelet away in the purse and return it to my jewel case. I don't need a spell to foresee the future; I am going to make it happen.

  Philippa Gregory

  Jewels, Needs, Return

  Philippa Gregory (2013). “The Lady of the Rivers”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• You were at the age where you could fall in love with a girl over an expression, over a gesture. That's what happened with your girlfriend, Paloma- she stooped to pick up her purse and your heart flew out of you.

  Junot Diaz

  Girl, Falling In Love, Heart

  Junot Diaz (2012). “This Is How You Lose Her”, p.88, Faber & Faber

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• you're smart, pretty, and you aren't a douche purse.

  Gena Showalter

  Smart, Douches

  Gena Showalter (2015). “The White Rabbit Chronicles: Alice in Zombieland\Through the Zombie Glass\The Queen of Zombie Hearts”, p.230, Harlequin

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• His mother got her purse. His father reached for the door. "Scooter," he said, by way of good-bye, "have fun with your friends." But Hale was shaking his head. He put his arm around Kat's shoulders. "She's not my friend, Dad. She's my girlfriend." Hale's parents must have walked away, but Kat wasn't looking. She was too busy staring up at Hale, trying to see into his eyes and know if he was okay. The sadness that had lingered for weeks was fading, and the boy that held her was the boy she knew. A boy who kissed her lightly.

  Ally Carter

  Mother, Girlfriend, Fun

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• You wake up in the morning, and lo! your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. It is unstealable. And no one receives either more or less than you receive.

  Arnold Bennett

  Good Morning, Time, Twenties

  "How to Live on Twenty-four Hours a Day".

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• Somebody who talks about how much they're eating and counts calories is unattractive to me. And when you limit yourself in the things you eat, it affects your mood. I've seen people who are a nightmare to be around because they're not eating. That's why I always have an apple in my purse or a Luna Bar in the glove box in case I get stuck in traffic - I don't even want to be alone in the car with myself if I'm hungry!

  Nina Dobrev

  Beauty, Apples, Car

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• I can get no remedy against this consumption of the purse: borrowing only lingers and lingers it out, but the disease is incurable.

  William Shakespeare

  Business, Debt, Disease

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 1, sc. 2, l. [268]

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• The world is becoming more affluent. We are generating more and more money - so more spending will go on. In the west, we're opening our purses and moths are flying out - but we've got to remember that, in other markets, this is not an issue.

  Joe Staton

  Business, Issues, Flying

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• 'We only have two things to worry about......
  One that things will never get back to normal And two that they already have!'
  Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.

  Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

  Two, Worry, Mouths

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• Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor; for 'tis the mind that makes the body rich

  William Shakespeare

  Mind, Body, Proud

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons (1831). “The dramatic works and poems of William Shakespeare, with notes, original and selected, and introductory remarks to each play”, p.303

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• Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Voice, Giving

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• I love to see honest and honorable men at the helm, men who will not bend their politics to their purses, nor pursue measures by which they may profit, and then profit by their measures.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Men, Honorable Man, May

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph”, p.344

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• It seems like only yesterday that savers were dorks. They kept piggy banks. They drove last year's cars. They fished in their change purses for nickels while the superstars flashed credit cards. Today, values have changed. The new object of veneration is not money on the hoof but money in the bank - and the dorks all have it.

  Jane Bryant Quinn

  Money, Years, Yesterday

  Jane Bryant Quinn (1997). “Making the Most of Your Money”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

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• The Executive is charged officially in the Departments under it with the disbursement of the public money, and is responsible for the faithful application of it to the purposes for which it is raised. The Legislature is the watchful guardian over the public purse. It is its duty to see that the disbursement has been honestly made.

  James Monroe

  Faithful, Purpose, Guardian

  James Monroe, Ian Elliot, United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe) (1969). “James Monroe, 1758-1831: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• Alongside getting faith out of a heart that is utterly hostile and unbelieving, making a silk purse out of a sow's ear or getting blood from a turnip is child's play.

  John Gerstner

  Children, Heart, Blood

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• Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Workmen, Poor Richard

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.239

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• You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

  Jonathan Swift

  Ears, Turnips, Silk

  Jonathan Swift (1856). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author”, p.349

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• As in laws or in war, the longest purse finally wins.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  War, Winning, Law

  Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Third Class in Indian Railways”, p.48, Cosimo, Inc.

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