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> [Moneymaking was never anything to me. I was happy never making money; I just was happy doing things I liked. But I fell into the money thing. I now don't feel guilty about it, but I am determined to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/moneymaking-was-never-anything-to-me-i-was-happy-never-making-money-i/)

[David Rubenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rubenstein/)

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## More by David Rubenstein

> [When I worked in the White House for President Carter, we tried to do comprehensive tax reform and we made some progress, and other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/when-i-worked-in-the-white-house-for-president-carter-we-tried-to-do/)

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> [Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/anybody-who-gives-away-money-is-mostly-looking-at-things-where-they/)

[David Rubenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rubenstein/)

> [Persist - don't take no for an answer. If you're happy to sit at your desk and not take any risk, you'll be sitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/persist-don-t-take-no-for-an-answer-if-you-re-happy-to-sit-at-your/)

[David Rubenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rubenstein/)

> [All I'm doing is I'm filling out my tax returns - or my accountants are, and I'm paying whatever I'm supposed to pay, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/all-i-m-doing-is-i-m-filling-out-my-tax-returns-or-my-accountants-are/)

[David Rubenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rubenstein/)

> [Moneymaking was never anything to me. I was happy never making money; I just was happy doing things I liked. But I fell into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/moneymaking-was-never-anything-to-me-i-was-happy-never-making-money-i/)

[David Rubenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rubenstein/)

> [What do most people say on their deathbed? They don't say, 'I wish I'd made more money.' What they say is, 'I wish I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/what-do-most-people-say-on-their-deathbed-they-don-t-say-i-wish-i-d/)

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> [I'm on a lot of nonprofit boards, but if I didn't enjoy it I wouldn't do it. I haven't yet done anything that's transformational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/i-m-on-a-lot-of-nonprofit-boards-but-if-i-didn-t-enjoy-it-i-wouldn-t/)

[David Rubenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rubenstein/)

> [Do not always say no. If satisfied with the seat in place and not reckless, the next 20 years you will still sit there alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/do-not-always-say-no-if-satisfied-with-the-seat-in-place-and-not/)

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> [I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away their time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/i-really-hope-that-the-philanthropy-movement-is-seen-not-just-as/)

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> [For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/for-me-few-things-are-more-compelling-than-watching-a-great-opera/)

[David Rubenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rubenstein/)

> [The world is a complicated place, and there's a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/the-world-is-a-complicated-place-and-there-s-a-lot-of-division/)

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> [It's clear to me when you do private equity well, you're making companies more efficient and helping them grow and become more profitable. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/it-s-clear-to-me-when-you-do-private-equity-well-you-re-making/)

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> [I realised how rich I had become and I asked myself, 'Do I really want to be the richest person in the cemetery?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/i-realised-how-rich-i-had-become-and-i-asked-myself-do-i-really-want/)

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> [Sometimes the best decisions in life are on the spur of the moment. So I generally try to do what I think is right.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/sometimes-the-best-decisions-in-life-are-on-the-spur-of-the-moment-so/)

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> [I don't really try to get involved politically by giving money to politicians or by saying I'm a Democrat or Republican. Right now, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rubenstein/i-don-t-really-try-to-get-involved-politically-by-giving-money-to/)

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