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Everyone can do it. It's not just me. It's not how much money you make that matters, but how you use your money.

— Chen Shu-chu

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I never thought this could happen to me.

Life is short. We are born with no material possessions and shall die the same way. Money is only useful when it is in the hands of people in need.

Chen Shu-chu (2018)

My wish is that I can work till the day I collapse.

BBC News (2014)

I never told anyone about what I was doing because it was my personal business. All of a sudden, everybody knows.

Taipei Times (2023)

Spend only what you need, and you’ll be able to save a lot!

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Max Horkheimer Dialektik der Aufklärung [Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944)

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