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Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'

Suze Orman

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Suze Orman
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 5
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Credit card companies are jacking up interest rates, lowering credit limits, and closing accounts - and people who have made timely payments are not exempt. So even if you pay off your balance - and that's tough when interest rates are insanely high - there's a good chance your credit limit will be slashed, and that will hurt your FICO score.
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You must recognize, embrace, and be honest about what is real for you today and allow that understanding to inform the choices you make. Only then will you be able to build the future of your dreams.
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I want to see a new system. I believe that the credit scoring system is broken. That's my belief.
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In order to create lasting security you must learn to stand in your truth.
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I'm in a relationship with life. My life is just out there. I'm on the road every day. I love my life.
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Try handling problems in the office as dispassionately as you can and I guarantee you will have a better time of it not least because when you bring emotion into the conversation, you furnish your colleagues with an easy out for dismissing you. If you are able to strip out the emotion, however, people have to deal with you based on the facts.
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When you've been battered down and battered down and battered down, your spirit gets broken.
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When someone chooses to value herself over the things she can buy, true transformation begins.
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When you start really respecting yourself, those you love, and your money, the result is that you start having control over your money. What follows from that is control over your life.
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After you marry, every asset either of you acquires is jointly held. That's why you both need to be in sync on your long-term financial goals, from paying off the mortgage to putting away for retirement. Ideally, you should talk about all this before you wed. If you don't, you can end up deeply frustrated and financially spent.
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Abundance is about being rich, with or without money.
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People often panic when the markets go down and sell off their stocks - but then they aren't in the game when the markets are doing well.
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