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If the Almighty had intended for you to be rich, he'd have taken care of that a long time ago. The idea of you being rich, that's plain blasphemy.

Robert Rossen

Robert Rossen (1908–1966), U.S. screenwriter. Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford), All The King's Men, to a crony who was caught trying to steal funds (1949).

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