“Children do not really need money. After all, they don't have to pay rent or send mailgrams.”
"Parental Guidance".
Social Studies (1981)
“[Alex] Big ideas don't pay the rent.”
Source: The Burning Plain (1997), p.205 (Chapter 16)
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