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We each focus on what we're going to buy, but that's an incorrect focus. Focus instead on why you want to spend the money on this or that. What feeling in you does it satisfy?

Suze Orman

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Suze Orman
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 5
Author
Businessperson
Financial Adviser
Motivational Speaker
Restaurateur
Screenwriter
Television Presenter
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
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