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Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.
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"Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want."
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Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want. — Mignon McLaughlin

About Mignon McLaughlin

Mignon McLaughlin was a Journalist from United States (1913–1983).

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Mignon McLaughlin lived from 1913 – 1983.