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Article: Is It True That Money Can't Buy Happiness?(celebrities discuss the relation between money and happiness)(Brief Article)

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August 10, 1998
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Money, money, money. It seems everybody wants it. Those who have it want more. And those who don't have it wish they did.

But can money buy happiness?

JET contacted a wide range of experts from some of the world's richest entertainers, lottery winners, psychologists, philanthropists and others to determine if it is true that money can't buy happiness.

Dr. Samella B. Abdullah, president of the Association of Black Psychologists, believes that money can not buy one happiness.

"Happiness comes from within," Dr. Abdullah explains. "It is not external; it is internal, so you can not buy it. You have to own it. You have to call it forth from ...

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