A clay bowl with a green seedling next to a small stack of copper coins on a blue surface.

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Gordon Gekko

If something’s worth doing it’s worth doing for money.

— Wall Street

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Gordon Gekko makes a blunt case for getting paid. In his view, anything worth the effort deserves a price tag attached. It's a hard-nosed, mercenary take on motivation, and it's his outlook rather than a universal rule.

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