They had money - quite a bit of it, actually - but for them, money was just bullets.

Douglas Wilson
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The amount of money someone has is not, by itself, a measure of worth. Money is only a measure of worth if it allows you to do what you want. They had money but for them, it was just bullets.

Source: Flags Out Front: A Contrarians Daydream

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