FinanceWhit Stillman My friends in Paris are writers, or something like that, whereas my friends in New York are doing cool stuff in finance and living very different lives. In writing, it’s pretty solitary, so it doesn’t really matter who’s around. – Whit Stillman Cool Quotes Finance Quotes Friends Quotes Lives Quotes Living Quotes Matter Quotes Paris Quotes Pretty Quotes Solitary Quotes Stuff Quotes Writers Quotes Writing Quotes York Quotes It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it. I guess I was a little idealistic and thought if you are honest and you’re well-qualified and capable of waging a good fight, you can raise money. And what I learned is that our campaign finance laws are really a great big incumbent protection act.
Jane Birkin It’s usually a jolly good trick to pick up a local tour guide. They can tell you all the anecdotes that make a place interesting. I’m one for rushing off to museums at the crack of dawn, eating fabulous things on terraces for lunch, and enjoying long dinners on balmy evenings. – Jane Birkin
Carmen Dell'Orefice You know, Italian-Hungarian – no matter how linear and cool I look on the outside, I have all that energy trying to find its way through life. – Carmen Dell’Orefice
Gary Weiss One problem with the focus on speculation is that it tends to promote the growth of the great intellectual cancer of our times: conspiracy theories. – Gary Weiss
Charlie Plummer My manager always brings up this fact that when I was 10 and first met her I said I never want to do movies and TV. – Charlie Plummer
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