# What's your number?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-number/634870>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 16, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-number/634870 "2012-09-16T12:08:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-number/634870/41 "2012-09-21T10:34:11Z")

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> [@ClintO](#):
>
> In my vast boredom, I’ve seen _Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps_ multiple times and afterwards always find myself thinking about this quote.
> 
> “The amount of money you would need to be able to walk away from it all and just live happily-ever-after. Everybody has one – it’s an exact number – what’s yours?”  
> So what is it? What’s your number?
> 
> and don’t say more:)

Oh, that’s a quote. I thought there was some secret gotcha in this, and you didn’t want anyone to spoil it.

BTW, sorry, but I’m too tired to do the math. Whatever it takes to get $50,000 a year for the rest of my life (I’m 27). If I got more, I’d be donating it.

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