If it wasn't for grave robbers, the Egyptian empire would never have lasted long enough for them to build the pyramids. Burying a huge percentage of your national wealth for some dead Pharoah to use is not really a good investment.
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[The movie business] is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side. - Hunter S. Thompson