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No one earns $100 million. You steal $100 million.
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[On parenthood:] You can't change your mind--you know, and say, this isn't working out, let's sell.
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If you can stay in love for more than two years, you're on something.
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The effect of AIDS was like a war in a minute country. Like, in World War I, a whole generation of Englishmen died all at once. And with AIDS, a whole generation of gay men died practically all at once, within a couple of years.
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We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's not endlessly fascinating.
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If you don't have children and you don't have a job, you have time for friendship ... People who have jobs are not the best friends to have. It's better to be friends with people who are unemployed ...
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To me, O'Hara is the real Fitzgerald.
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I walk a lot in New York, not for the exercise but to get from place to place, and because it's the way of having the least contact with human beings.
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A hobby is, of course, an abomination, as are all consuming interests and passions that do not lead directly to large, personal gain.
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