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->''"He won't stop. He'll never stop. He'll just keep murdering. And hurting. And taking. And taking and taking and taking. He thinks he's entitled. He thinks he ''deserves'' everything he takes. And he will never stop."''
-->--- '''{{Daredevil}}''' describing '''TheKingpin'''

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-> ''"We've '''got''' to have... '''''MONEY.'''''"''

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->''He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.''
-->-- '''{{Socrates}}'''

-> ''"We've '''got''' ''got'' to have... '''''MONEY.'''''"''have...'''moneyyyyyyyyy"'''
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->''"They don't call me Greed for nothing. I want money. I want women, status, and power. I want everything this world's selling and eternity's topping the list!"''
--> --- '''[[AnthropomorphicPersonification Greed]]''', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
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->"What's mine is mine \\
and mine and mine, \\
And mine, and mine, and mine! \\
Not yours!
-->'''Orange Lantern Oath''', ''Comicbook/GreenLantern''
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->"When I put everyone here naked, I wasn't trying to be cute. It was because I didn't wanna create clothes. When you got clothes, you got pockets. When you got pockets, you gotta put something in them."
-->-- ''OhGod''
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->''"The year I turned twenty-six, I made forty-nine million dollars, which really pissed me off because it was three shy of a million a week.''"
-->-- '''Jordan Belfort''', ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''
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->More! More! More! More! More! More! MOAR! More! More! More! More! More! More! MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!
--> --- '''Mr. Krabs''', '''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'''
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-->-- '''The Bible'''

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-->-- '''The Bible'''
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'''DaffyDuck''': "I can't help it. I'm a greedy slob. It's my hobby."

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'''DaffyDuck''': '''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck''': "I can't help it. I'm a greedy slob. It's my hobby."

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->''"They don't call me Greed for nothing. I want money. I want women, status, and power. I want everything this world's selling and eternity's topping the list!"''
-->-- '''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Greed]]''', ''FullmetalAlchemist''


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->'''Mr. Krabs:''' ''(laughs)'' First, I'll rule their stomachs and then... ''(laughs)'' ...their money!\\
''(Mr. Krabs laughs)''\\
'''Plankton:''' But what about satisfying the customers?\\
'''Mr. Krabs:''' Barnacles to the customers!\\
''(Plankton gasps)''\\
'''Mr. Krabs:''' I'm talkin' about coins! Cash! Wallets! Bank accounts! And with this secret recipe, nothing will stop me!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Friend or Foe"[[note]]This is part of a RashomonStyle episode. Sadly, Plankton's depiction of Mr. Krabs in his telling isn't far from the truth ([[DependingOnTheWriter Well, sometimes, anyway.]]).[[/note]]
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->''"There's nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches posses men."''
-->-- '''BillyGraham''

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->''"There's nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches posses men."''
-->-- '''BillyGraham''
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->''"There's nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches posses men."''
-->-- '''BillyGraham''
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->'''MINE!'''

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->'''MINE!'''->'''''MINE!'''''
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-->-- ''LooneyTunes'', ''AliBabaBunny''

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-->-- ''LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''AliBabaBunny''
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-> ''"A covetous man is good to none, but worst to himself."''

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-> ''"A covetous man is good to none, but worst to himself."'' "''



-->-- '''Seagulls''', ''FindingNemo''

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-->-- '''Seagulls''', ''FindingNemo''
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-->-- '''Lickboot''', ''TomAndJerry: TheMovie''

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-->-- '''Lickboot''', ''TomAndJerry: ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry: TheMovie''



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->'''BugsBunny''': "What's with you, anyway?"\\
'''DaffyDuck''': "I can't help it. I'm a greedy slob. It's my hobby."
-->-- ''LooneyTunes'', ''AliBabaBunny''
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->''"More... More... I want more..."''
-->-- '''Ganon''', ''[[ZeldaManga A Link To The Past]]''
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-->--''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' "The Return of Harmony, Part 2"

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->'''Corrupted!Rarity:''' No, but if you want it, I want it!

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->'''Corrupted!Rarity:''' ->'''Corrupted Rarity:''' No, but if you want it, I want it!
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\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-->--''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' "The Return of Harmony, Part 2"
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->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' Do you even know what you just stole?!
->'''Corrupted!Rarity:''' No, but if you want it, I want it!
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-> ''"We've '''got''' to have... '''MONEY.'''''"''

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-> ''"We've '''got''' to have... '''MONEY.'''''MONEY.'''''"''
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->'''Homer''': Ya know Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know - way richer than Lenny.
->'''Mr. Burns''': Yes, but I'd trade it all for a little more.

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->'''Homer''': Ya know Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know - way richer than Lenny.
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'''Mr.
Burns''': Yes, but I'd trade it all for a little more.



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->The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.
->Greed is right.
->Greed works.
->Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
->Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.
->And greed -- you mark my words -- will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.

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->The ->''"The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good.
->Greed
good.\\
Greed
is right.
->Greed works.
->Greed
right.\\
Greed works.\\
Greed
clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
->Greed,
spirit.\\
Greed,
in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.
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mankind.\\
And
greed -- you mark my words -- will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."''



-> The Morgans fear what may not be purchased, for a trader cannot comprehend a thing that is priceless.
-->-- ''Sister Miriam Godwinson'', SidMeiersAlphaCentauri

-> A covetous man is good to none, but worst to himself.
-->--Latin proverb

-> We've '''got''' to have... '''''MONEY.'''''

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priceless."''
-->-- ''Sister '''Sister Miriam Godwinson'', SidMeiersAlphaCentauri

Godwinson''', ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

-> A ''"A covetous man is good to none, but worst to himself.
-->--Latin proverb

himself."''
-->-- '''Latin proverb'''

-> We've ''"We've '''got''' to have... '''''MONEY.''''''''MONEY.'''''"''



-->-- [[GreenLantern Agent Orange]]

->Is hope not about wishing for things?
-->-- Agent Orange again.

->Homer: Ya know Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know - way richer than Lenny.
->Mr. Burns: Yes, but I'd trade it all for a little more.

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-->-- [[GreenLantern Agent Orange]]

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hope not about wishing for things?
things?"''
-->-- Agent Orange '''Agent Orange''', ''GreenLantern'', again.

->Homer: ->'''Homer''': Ya know Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know - way richer than Lenny.
->Mr. Burns: ->'''Mr. Burns''': Yes, but I'd trade it all for a little more.



->All for one... and more for me!
-->-- Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers (1993).

->Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine.
-->-- The seagulls in ''FindingNemo''

->''The love of money is the root of many kinds of evil.''

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->All ->''"All for one... and more for me!
me!"''
-->-- Cardinal Richelieu in The '''Cardinal Richelieu''', ''The Three Musketeers Musketeers'' (1993).

->Mine.->''"Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine.
Mine."''
-->-- The seagulls in '''Seagulls''', ''FindingNemo''

->''The ->''"The love of money is the root of many kinds of evil.''"''



->They don't call me Greed for nothing. I want money. I want women, status, and power. I want everything this world's selling and eternity's topping the list!
-->--[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Greed]] (''FullmetalAlchemist'')

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-->--[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Greed]] (''FullmetalAlchemist'')
list!"''
-->-- '''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Greed]]''', ''FullmetalAlchemist''

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->"MINE!"\\
-- '''[[GreenLantern Larfleeze]]'''
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->"MINE!"\\
-- '''[[GreenLantern Larfleeze]]'''
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->They don't call me Greed for nothing. I want money. I want women, status, and power. I want everything this world's selling and eternity's topping the list!
-->--[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Greed]] (''FullmetalAlchemist'')

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-> '''{{Jay-Z}}''', ''Jockin' Jay-Z''

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->''Haters like "Hov', why you still talkin' money shit?"...''
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->''...'Cause I like money, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]]''
-> '''{{Jay-Z}}''', ''Jockin' Jay-Z''
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->''The love of money is the root of many kinds of evil.''
-->'''The Bible'''

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