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Wealth & Money Quote by Bill Scott

"No, I was pleased that it is possible for somebody who makes full disclosure as I've done, not only of the contributors, but also how the money is spent"

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There’s a small, telling victory tucked inside that opening “No,” the kind of defensive pivot you hear from someone who’s been accused before the sentence even starts. Bill Scott isn’t just expressing satisfaction; he’s swatting away an implied suspicion: that money plus fame inevitably equals something shady. The line reads like a rebuttal delivered with a practiced calm, but the subtext is pure pressure. He’s not pleased about disclosure in the abstract. He’s pleased it’s “possible” to survive disclosure - to be transparent and still be credible, still be allowed in the room.

Scott frames honesty as an achievement rather than a baseline, which is what makes the quote work. “Full disclosure as I’ve done” is both assertion and self-portrait: I did the hard thing, I showed my work. Then he gets specific, doubling down on the mechanics of trust: not only who gave the money, but where it went. That “not only... but also...” structure is performative accountability, a rhetorical receipt. He’s narrating transparency in real time because he knows audiences don’t just want virtue; they want proof.

As an actor speaking about contributors and spending, Scott’s context likely sits in that mid-century swirl of celebrity fundraisers, political donations, and the era’s growing suspicion of influence-peddling. The intent is reputational self-defense, but there’s also a quiet cultural critique: we’ve created a system where being clean isn’t assumed, it’s a miracle you have to document.

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Bill Scott (August 2, 1920 - November 29, 1985) was a Actor from USA.

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