I've been poor and I've been rich. Rich is better.

—Beatrice Kaufman

About Beatrice Kaufman

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Beatrice Bakrow Kaufman (January 20, 1895 – October 6, 1945) was an American editor, writer, and playwright. Although chiefly remembered as the wife of director, humorist, and playwright George S. Kaufman, she had a distinguished literary career of her own, and during the 1930s and 1940s, was regarded as "one...

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How do you make a million? You start with $900,000.

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Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.

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