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When I finished school, I took my entire life savings - $5,000 - and invested it in a business. I was young. I was inexperienced. But I was an entrepreneur, and I was proud. And in six weeks, I was broke.

— Mark Warner

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Whenever I made money I invested in myself... I bought whatever I needed to make my career better. I never really spent money on other stuff, like buying expensive cars.

— Tiesto

My parents opened a bank account for me when I was really little, and I think I paid for some of my university education with my savings. I've always been a bit of a saver.

— Rachel McAdams

I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest.

— Sam Waterston

I was broke from 19 to 26, borrowing money from my parents or my brothers or sisters every week to pay the bills.

— Chelsea Handler

I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands.

— Linda Evans

I was broke until I was 40. Really broke. I could get by, but I had nothing.

— Lewis Black

I dropped out of school when I was 15 years old. I dropped out because I guess I wasn't getting anything out of my investment in the school.

— August Wilson

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.

— Wayne Dyer

✗Opposing Perspectives

After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.

— Lloyd Alexander

I didn't take anything from anyone - first of all. Second of all, I opened a comedy club with money that I saved over 25 years. I created jobs.

— Jon Lovitz