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Funny & Thoughtful Quotes About Money

Quotations on the subject of money, ranging from the poignant to the hilarious.

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Being an entrepreneur is easy - Students make money selling supplies in school

I was a freshman in high school walking home after baseball practice. It was dusk out, the day confused with night. I was approached by an individual—a teen slightly older than I was—while walking through...

1 comment    school coffee teen
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Psalm 13

Psalm 13 is a short and powerful Psalm. It shows clearly how faith, patience & suffering lead to fruitfulness, fullness and glory. The psalm, which begins with an agonizing note, ends with joy and satisfaction in the Lord: "I will sing to the LORD, because He has dealt bountifully with me."

9 comments    suffering patience blessing
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Time Travel and Transmogrification

Over the last few days, I have discovered time travel. I can only go back for a few minutes or hours at a time. But I am magically transported to a time when I was ten years old. When I idolized the world of a little boy and his stuffed tiger. A...

9 comments    funny humor comics
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The Stone Buddha

In a tall grass meadow, beneath a sycamore tree, sat a single stone Buddha. A small brook tinkled nearby blending into the background of birds chirping and bees humming, the essence of natures silence roaring in his ears. Time moved slowly here....

0 comments    water creative writing tree
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Poignant Imponderables

I am at a loss. It would seem by my peers I hold myself above those I would speak to openly to. Too lofty are my words, intimidating my purpose or unmitigated affect Heaven forbid! though I can't help...

7 comments    self poignant t.s
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Why I stopped teaching my Granny how to suck Eggs

WHAT SHOULD BE THE most reasonable course of action when you are fifty, hard of hearing throughout most of your life and therefore struggling with all things linguistic, and, above all, quite an incorrigible...

0 comments    funny language immigration
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Books that Make Me Cry

I don't recommend every book I read; nor do I admit to shedding tears over most books. The Glass Castle, however, is an exception to both these statements. The poignant memoir of a dismal childhood, spoken...

0 comments    family glass walls
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Always Left Behind

Sad LoveLittle droplets of ice Tears frozen in time Emotion locked by need Thoughts stalled in the mind Icy blood halted in route Veins hardened in their course Silent sounds of redemption Barely whispered by its source The pain burns and...

2 comments    love life relationships
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