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" You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck. "

Whoopi Goldberg

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" The most famous and one of the most thoroughgoing opponents of bank credit was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson reacted to the panic of 1819 as a confirmation of his pessimistic views on banks. "

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