“People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.”
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If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight.
And of course I didn't make any money from stand up for years, so I had temp jobs. That was the way I made money.
Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed.
I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.
