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Absolutely pay off credit card debt. If you're not getting a match in your 401(k) and you've got credit card debt, you've got to get yourself out of credit card debt. When you get out of credit card debt, your credit score goes up and interest starts to go down.

Suze Orman

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Suze Orman
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 5
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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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Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.
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I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal.
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I've learned an encyclopedia version of life from Oprah Winfrey.
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What's keeping you from being rich? In most cases it's simply a lack of belief. In order to become rich, you must believe you can do it, and you must take the actions necessary to achieve your goal.
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The things that matter most in this world are those that carry no price tag, for they can neither be bought nor sold at any price.
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I get more inspired by seeing everyday people succeed against the odds than anything else in life.
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When someone chooses to value herself over the things she can buy, true transformation begins.
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Focus on what you have.
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Money is the only thing you can use even if you don't have any. ... There's always a credit card.
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Every morning I wake up, I can't even wait to go and see what life can I change today. It doesn't have to be a lot of lives, but I can change one life a little bit here, a little bit there, and I hope that everything I create, people know that.
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