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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

Aristotle

Genius is born--not paid.

Oscar Wilde

I can't believe it! Reading and writing actually paid off!

Matt Groening

I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.

Tiger Woods

We tournament golfers are much overrated. We get paid to much.

Tom Watson

Everyone who knew them was truly blessed to have known them. We paid tribute to their lives.

Rabbi Shawn Zell

That's the typical premium being paid, and that's a mistake for many buyers.

Wade Ragas

The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am-it seems I change every day.

Leonardo Dicaprio

I have no idea what will happen next week. Anything is possible in the NFL. I was just doing what we get paid to do. If you can't come up to the line, you won't be playing very long in the league.

Ade Jimoh

You don't go to be the president of a research center and get paid $10 million to go interview undergraduates. This makes him the highest paid human resources director in history.

Tom Burt

It was a time in my life. I made a mistake. I pleaded guilty to it. I admitted to what my problems were. I paid my debt to society, and moved on.

Dan Bailey

We just want to get paid!

Susan White

I worked all my life, paid for my house, just remodeled it and then boom. It's hard. There's nothing to do. I don't know what's next.

Claudia Smith

I definitely investigated closing. I had opportunities to go other places, get paid more money and close. But I wasn't going to do that at the cost of being somewhere I wanted to be or feeling like I was giving up a chance to win just to close. That's why I ended up choosing here. I felt it was the best situation for me and a good chance to win.

Bob Howry

I said, 'Is he that good? Cody said, 'Mr. Fletcher he's worth every bit of that $330,000. That's what we paid for him.'

Charles Fletcher

When the new driver took over, that driver paid more attention and was strict [about bus conduct].

Sabrina Packard

A federally paid sex policeman.

John Conyers

We get paid well enough that it wouldn't be morally correct to be able to play and then not play just because there's a week left, ... If I'm able to play, I should be out there.

Jody Gerut

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.

Gloria Swanson

None of this is being paid for.

Leon Panetta

I'm from Minneapolis, so I was well aware of the company and its dire financial straits. I stayed on top of this and I was the only hotel to get paid, and the payments were made and the checks cleared.

John Cousins

He's a good player. His points went in, but our defense paid off in the clutch.

Antyrio Raimer

This indicates that, despite the attention now paid to the lack of financial literacy, the problem is not about to resolve itself anytime soon.

Lewis Mandell

The first rescue squad units were actually paid individuals from physical facilities.

Tom Cooper

The overall reading is obviously very strong, but I think the market might be hampered a bit by the prices paid index being a bit lower here. That might be keeping a lid on the dollar.

John Beerling

You're paid to teach what you're supposed to teach, not to give opinions.

Devon Barker

At the advisement of law enforcement, we paid.

Sean Sundwall

I just felt jubilation. I thought all the hard work I put in for four years paid off. I'm going to try to do the same thing I did in college at the next level.

Julius Hodge

It was close, so someone had to step up. They were throwing the ball in the same all game long. I just guessed and it paid off.

Randy Perkins

He paid a visit there; we have 20 analysts there. And our model there is users per household.

Frank Gens

It's very seldom you get paid for doing what you love and telling the truth at the same time. It seems they don't often coincide.

Della Reese

The war on our civil liberties is actually begun. There's a price to be paid for independence. But I ask you, what price-- liberty?

Rep. Neal Kurk

I get paid for what most kids get punished for.

Jerry Lewis

There is no evidence in the record that if they had the best management, it would have made any difference (in the prices they paid for wholesale power).

Nancy Becker

He went to buy cigarettes, went to the gas station, paid for them. Two men accepted the money.

Olivier Lapointe

We made the record on our own and basically paid for it out of our tour money.

Damon Allen

We can't pay our subcontractors because Dick Corporation hasn't paid us.

Tom Gibbons

I'm sure this is just surreal for him. He deserves to be where he is. He's paid his dues.

Lacey Sims

Based on my clients' experience, not just Leroy Smith, but others, this is the tip of the iceberg in terms of what's going on in these federal institutions. There has not been the right amount of attention paid to what they're doing and how they're doing it.

Mary Dryovage

Even though you worked in the fields all year, you wouldn't be paid well. It would be enough to eat, not to progress.

Margarita Carrillo

My folks have worked without knowing whether they are going to get paid.

Cassandra Gash

Getting paid for our content is going to be a very valuable part of our business.

Martin Franks

I was learning a ton and getting paid well, but I was not doing what I was most passionate about.

Matt Kelley

We believe that all of the damages related to this tragic accident have been paid.

Mark Boudreaux

Our parents paid for the sheet music. They are doing fundraisers.

Tyler Smith

We are a fully professional orchestra with fully paid musicians, but we are still perceived as a small community orchestra. We need to change that.

Doug Barry

The cities and towns have paid to train the officers. They will have to pay to train their replacements.

Andrea Johnson

In two seasons, I'll have the forage equipment paid for. Used equipment is hard to come by around here, so it's very expensive.

Steve Wolfe

[Writers are] the highest paid secretaries in the world.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

You never know what's going to happen. It'll be designed so we can modify the interior use as needed. The building will be able to accommodate paid personnel. As the area continues to grow who knows what they'll need in the future.

John Hahn

All of us have gone through hell to have the fourth pick - we paid the dues - so we might as well enjoy it.

Jesse Kaye

With our defense, we were able to get the ball out in transition and run the floor, and that paid off for us. As the game went on, our conditioning came into play. When they're all working, it's great.

Carlton Greene

I bought some Bradbury borders on eBay, didn't use them all, put what I had left back on eBay and got more for it than I paid.

Lisa Klofkorn

I supported myself, bought a car and paid the bills. At age 14, I was a professional musician.

Paul Lee

We understand that graduates are eager to find a job, but the country's labor law states that employees should be paid according to their performance.

Lu Tingfei

Job changes only used to happen in October or January (after bonuses are paid).

Arun Kejriwal

I understand Equity's position, ... but my heart goes out to the actors who were going to get to go to Ireland with the show. It's a group of fine actors who would have had a chance to be exposed to the international stage. I would have paid great money to see [Rea] do it, and I would have paid great money to see these actors do it with him.

Richard Mcmillan

I was an English and history major, and I was in a class that culminated in a play at the end of the semester for Father's Weekend-we had a thing at our college called Father's Weekend where we all paid tribute to our fathers.

Catherine Keener

We stress foul shooting. It is something we place great importance on every day. It paid dividends tonight.

Don Madzia

We are a pro team in every sense of the word outside of being paid like pro players.

Hayley Wickenheiser

I don't think it's fair to characterize this as a gimmick. This is paid for. This is not a gimmick.

Robert Genuario

We try to celebrate his life and what he did and not focus on the price he paid.

Martha True

The board and I have made succession planning a priority. Well, it paid off!

Leonard Roberts

It's usually not about the money. There are times in the economic cycle when people like to say they paid a lot of money for a house and then there are times when getting a good deal is a trend.

Dianne Saatchi

She's gotten better as a hitter over the past year and she's really come into her own. She's put forth a lot more effort [in batting practice] and it's paid off for her this year.

Jim Huwar

These guys haven't had a break for 18 months or more. It is definitely hard work, but they do get paid.

Jeff Thomson

The citizens, for example, were not used to getting their permits this quickly, so they didn't bring their checkbooks with them to pay for the permits. We had to quickly create a stage to freeze the process until it was paid, but because it was an in-house process, we were able to put that in in a matter of minutes.

Mary White

If this agency had simply bellied up and paid to have proper investigations done, this problem would not exist.

Rosemary Jenks

I was very pleased with Michael's performance in only his second paid outing.

Chris Hall

We hung in there and stuck together. We didn't try to go out there and do anything crazy that wasn't in our job description. We stuck to our technique, and it paid off for us.

Greg Ellis

I paid for my own ticket, ... We have not routinely gone places and done things.

James Crosby

Arend Arts Center is paid for ? but now we have to operate it.

Doylene Fuqua

From my background in construction, where you get paid for what you do rather than hourly, I've become as efficient as anyone can be.

Jerry Parker

I paid $400 for these seats and they are no good.

Mary Bennett

When I wake up every morning and realize that I get to go out and do music as opposed to having to say, 'Would you like fries with that, sir?' I'm so thankful that I'm actually paid to do this thing that I've loved all my life.

Bob Ezrin

We're breathing down the neck of two million paid subscribers online.

Jerry Steinbrink

Sometimes this is the hardest work I've done, It is most rewarding work I have ever done in my life, and I don't get paid for it.

Myra Copeland

We are very glad the bill was paid. The whole issue's been financial all along. To get the bill current and a deposit for some future payments is reassuring to the city from a financial standpoint.

Lance Hedquist

Each of us paid our fair share based on the number of students which attended (Southeastern) up until 12 years ago (when the formula was changed).

William Simmons

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Ogden Nash

For a crime like trespassing, there's typically a fine attached to that. So I pay my fine and I've paid my debt to society and now I'm 'legal' again.

Brent Wilkes

People have to be paid and they're either paid by commission or other investment management fee.

Jim Stone

They didn't do anything, they just did the portfolios and features. And of course we paid more money.

Jose Rodriguez

It seems to me that if you're getting paid a lot of money and these are your real fans, you could at least clean up and look good. Also, don't show up drunk or with a hangover. That's not cool, either.

Ceo Gary Berman

The upfront cost might have to be bonded or paid for by some form of debt until full development takes place and the investment is returned to the commission.

Chris Weiser

My understanding is it's the highest price ever paid for an Inuit sculpture.

Duncan Mclean

She gets paid to go to school.

James Wyatt

And I paid off all my credit cards so I have that to fall back on, which is a good thing, because I've never been able to do that. I've never had a cushion.

Stacy Bundren

It never cost the county more money because the more taxes came in, the more was paid to the collectors. So the only time collectors got more was when the county got more money.

Michael Hadley

He's trying to close it clear, so everybody's paid off and all the creditors are paid.

Don Clover

Geopolitics ought to be something in the forefront of everyone's minds. The developments in Iran and the sort of related energy issues with Iraq, Venezuela and Nigeria are all areas that need to be paid attention to very closely, with the tone of current events impacting the crude market, which is likely to impact both fixed-income and equity markets.

Philip Orlando

There's not enough money. It's unlikely that anyone who paid tuition will receive anything back.

Mark Tulis

It's designed so that both sides can say they're paying - and being paid - the price they wanted.

Stephen O'sullivan

Yes, because what we're coming away with has more than paid what we paid to Brad.

Josie Shigeno

My own opinion is most bottling line supervisors cannot be paid a salary. My opinion is whether (production supervisors) are doing a lot of manual labor or a little manual labor these people need to be paid as hourly employees, they do not make managerial decisions.

James Geagan

I thought the coaches were going to stop us. But the crowd paid their money, so we had to give them a show.

Saladeem Dewberry

If they are having a hard time getting paid by their customers, what does that say about the rest of the industry?

Angel Mata

When I asked for that prepayment, I asked for that to assist our members with back to school expenses and hurricane preparedness. We asked the Government to consider it being paid at the end of August before school had re-opened.

John Pinder

This is where we'll see what the lawyers really get paid to do.

Kent Schaffer

We have been getting sugar, but not the amount we have paid for already.

Paul Quesnel

We went with great expectations but it was always going to be a big ask. The game that I think that crushed us was the Canada game. We had that game in the bag but we made a couple mistakes and we paid dearly.

Vin Blaine

If Wildcat could not get information for the FBI, Wildcat would not be paid.

Johnny Griffin

These men haven't seen a pay check in eight months. Sometimes they are paid not in cash but believe it or not in coal.

Ryan Chilcote

It was a survey we conducted before a bond issue in 2004. We paid the company $15,000 for that survey.

Tim Mcavoy

But if they give money to survivors' organizations, the survivors don't have to respect (the FDA's labeling), ... Some of those guys have become paid advocates for companies to do what the companies are not allowed to do.

Otis Brawley

When we looked at the bills, what (the district paid) didn't agree with the contracts, and we were told that they went through a flat rate with some of those taxicabs.

Bruce Myers

You need to be in shape. We do get paid for this and it's important for people to take this seriously.

Glenn Babros

The (volunteer) board does a lot of things that a paid employee would do.

Mary Hill

Being governor don't mean a thing anymore in this country. We're nothing. Just high-paid ornaments is all. I'm thinking of running for president myself.

George Wallace

They're going to turn the lights off if we don't get them paid, and I think that's a good metaphor for the whole thing -- the lights are going to be turned off.

Robert Ginn

We started out sluggish in the first half. In the second half I set some goals for them and asked them to play more aggressive and it paid off.

Katie Keazer

It was like starting over again, ... The money paid for the land and building the warehouse. But it didn't pay for the gardens, the other buildings, or any of the rest of it.

Bill Varney

Greater emphasis should be paid to expanding employment and improving education, for these are the only factors that guarantee the success of black South Africans in the long run.

Tony Leon

Personally, I don't think I would have had to go through the issues I faced with my company if paid family leave was supported more by state and federal lawmakers.

Jessica Gonzales

No one is getting paid for it. We're just trying to do what we can to help the people up in that area.

Fred Johnson

They met two men who were paid $50 for the vehicle. It had no hood and it had been stripped. They took it to the crusher and it was crushed on Dec. 28.

Sonny Jackson

Relief workers in New Orleans, the money they're paid is burning a hole in their pocket and they're going to spend it.

Greg Albrecht

I paid attention to the leaders last year and took notes on how they did things. Hopefully we won't make a lot of mental mistakes.

Tim Pruitt

All my hard work has paid off. I knew I could do it, and I finally did it.

Shannon Diederichs

The cost will be borne by the bankruptcy estate. It is not completely clear how broad the scope will be. All of these administrative expenses must be paid at the time the repayment plan is implemented. That is a big deal.

Alan Martin

Please let us build our own homes. Let us come back on our own time. Let us spend our insurance money, which we paid for on our own.

Charles Young

It's paid off. They were ready to go from the start.

Gulliver Lavalle

It's nice to know that our hard work this season has paid off.

Shannon Bolden

NPC deputies have paid more attention to motions they put forward, and the bills are of higher quality and more feasible.

Sheng Huaren

I paid him back out of my paycheck every week, with no interest. It worked out kind of nice.

Steve Stewart

We worked awful hard the last five weeks and the effort paid off tonight.

Garry Mcpeek

The envelope is already addressed and the postage is free. These kits cost us $3.50 each, but we're giving them out for free. Money from an EPA grant paid for the kits.

Kelli Gaines

Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do.

Elbert Hubbard

Oh my, this is amazing. I practiced hard every day and just tried to do my best, and it all paid off in the end.

Joe Powers

They'll get that much just to stop by one of these events to say, 'hi'. These guys love it because they are getting paid for the appearances.

Robert Tuchman

They paid a full price.

Jason Goldberg

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

W. R. Inge

I like animation. Animation is just great fun. I don't mind getting paid but sometimes I feel like I should be paying them.

John Ewing

That doesn't seem right. Those are my minutes. I paid for them. You can't just take them away.

Claudia Valas

They suddenly understood that the dream of a 'whole Israel' is a dream that we paid a very high price for and ... has no chance (of being implemented).

Amir Peretz

But they paid $2.4 billion to get that.

Keith Dunne

I don't have any idea what he paid me - he didn't have to pay me. To me it was a thrill of a lifetime.

Bob Antilla

One of the nice aspects of borrowing from a 401(k), if one has to borrow, is that the interest you pay is being paid to your own account. You're essentially paying yourself rather than paying somebody else the interest.

Madeline Noveck

We got the short end of that stick. But we'll go home and relax and come back and get paid to win games.

William Fields

There's a lot of things to think about, ... There's a lot of things to worry about, and that's what I get paid to do is to worry - and I do it a lot.

Leroy Cain

Revenue bonds are different. It is not a tax bond. It is paid completely out of revenues from the district, and what we'll use it for is to improve the infrastructure of the district.

David Waller

All of the hard work paid off. It is a real accomplishment.

Allison Holiday

We took our foot off the gas and could have paid for it in the end. Just general sloppiness.

Graham Whitehouse

If they would've told me I needed to pay a light bill, I would have paid it.

Catherine Clark

We've had a little bit of a relief rally because the ISM was softer than expected, but the prices paid were higher so it's hard to get too excited about it one way or another.

Scott Gewirtz

We want to fish or we want to be paid not to fish.

Don Stevens

I think I would never have heard it and if I did hear it I wouldn't have paid a lick of attention to it. They need to get something closer. Something over here. Spread them out a little or something. Maybe one by Olympic Stadium.

Jeff Burnett

I think it paid dividends for us.

Tom Wood

We've always known it was going to happen. It's a steel mill. There's just inherent hazards to it. That's why a steel worker gets paid what a steel worker gets paid.

Bob Hauser

If you can't afford to buy something, don't put it on the credit card. Put them in a drawer. And pay as much as you can on them, every month. I've even advised people to get a second job. Go work for UPS for three or four months if you have to, but get them paid off.

Barry Armstrong

As of right now, we don't have it. Bills have to be paid.

Rochelle Cancienne

It feels great everything finally paid off. I never thought it would lead me to this.

Joe Conti

Their first goal changed our momentum and kept them within a chance of tying the game for sure. They did have some opportunities to equalize, but we fell asleep in that moment and paid the price.

John Kerry

When I think of Fidelity, one of its key aspects is flexibility. Fidelity managers are paid to invest flexibly and I think they're doing it well.

John Rekenthaler

We haven't really paid attention to what goes on below the surface in Puget Sound or any water body.

Philip Mote

We have a walk-through after school on Fridays, and then we have a team dinner that's paid for with money from our annual fundraiser, ... We've invited the 1980 team to join us for dinner.

Jim Green

Most of us are getting paid to go to school here and you have to represent the school that way. Sometimes it may seem unfair, but it's about making good choices.

Paul Rose

From my own standpoint, I'm going to go up whether we win or we don't. But, I think this would be a great win for all of the people who had paid their dues.

Roger Gerlach

The airlines really focused on creating a business model where the front of the plane paid for the back of the plane. It certainly allowed the [big] carriers to make more profit in the 1990s than they had before, but it invited the competition to come in.

Michael Allen

The hospital has paid all suppliers.

Sizwe Kupelo

We've got all these wage claims. People are telling me they haven't been paid from Dec. 19.

Dean Fryer

The kids complain about having to walk the Eagle-Vail course, but it paid off today.

Cassie Desmone

I utilized the technical college. If you utilize what you have, you can't complain that you've got it or what you paid for it.

Carolyn Wickert

During our last negotiations, we gave back some of our summer hours and we remain the lowest paid employees in the district. It would cost the district approximately $70,000 a year in total to give us what we are asking.

Kathy Paul

We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing.

William H. Macy

The one leaving gets paid less than the one coming in the door.

Donna Johnson

That's what I get paid to do so I take a lot of pride in it.

Joey Goodspeed

The teachers did the work, so they should get paid for it.

John Holland

All of us have gone through hell to have the fourth pick in the draft. There have been a lot of tough things, so we are looking at it as an opportunity. It gives us flexibility. We paid the dues for it, so we are going to try to enjoy it.

Jesse Kaye

Personally, we would prefer the meal cost more and for the servers, busboys, etc., to be paid a fair wage.

Carol Brown

We've seen a big increase in the percentage of customers who pay for gas with Visa and MasterCard instead of cash, and they also are shifting away from cards like American Express that have to be paid off in full every month.

Tim Hamilton

He demonstrated that nonviolence is a way to effect change, ... He lived under constant threat of harassment ... and he paid the ultimate price -- death -- so that we may have life and have it more abundantly.

Sanford Bishop

All that hard work paid off. It came down to conditioning and who wanted it worst. There was nothing going to hold me back.

Nathan Scherer

I found myself alone, so I preferred to attack. Ultimately I wasted a lot of energy and paid dearly for it in the end.

Paolo Bettini

They are also some of the best-paid mechanics in the world.

Scott Carson

We have a really great group of kids this year who have been willing to work very hard and it has paid off.

John Lane

It's amazing. The event has taken members of Churches Together a year to organise and it has really paid off. It is lovely to see so many people here.

Paul Tyler

This (house) is paid for. (Moving) would be another bill.

Sally Pacheco

You can get them removed, but it's going to cost you a lot more money than you paid for the tattoo.

Randy Benoit

We have that right and we paid for it. We're not going to give it up without compensation.

Fabio Barbosa

I'm really lucky - to do what I do and get paid for it. I'd do it for free if it's good.

Brad Renfro

It's always a difficult season when a season ends. I thought we put it all out on the line. It seemed like when we made a mistake, we paid for that mistake. They capitalized on our breakdowns.

Dan Fridgen

We've tried to focus not so much on an individual effort but a team effort. Our passing was really good and it paid off.

Matt Ward

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

James Whistler

Anytime we can represent Canada we're so proud, but that medal ceremony was really nice, hearing our national anthem and knowing all our hard work had paid off.

Tessa Virtue

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

Federico Fellini

The only alternative is that 100 percent of this gets paid by the existing tax base.

Jonathan Marshall

Charging higher rates to large users covers up the fact that these large users mostly communicate small messages to many individuals who have already paid for their Internet connection.

Bruce Russell

Most of those trucks were sitting idle. Large amounts of money were paid to those companies for nothing.

David Morrison

Our experience paid off in this game.

Les Poore

Microsoft is the only console maker so far to launch a paid subscription service.

Brian O'rourke

All of the exposure and all of the training paid off, ... I learned how to deal with the nervousness and the excitement and the fear before the fight.

Tommy Davis

Our office of professional standards is investigating this matter just as we do any time allegations of misconduct are made against district employees. The employee is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

John Bowen

His print sense is very good. It paid off. It was fresh and fun.

Sally Singer

Of course Steve McNair is not going to get paid like Tom Brady and Michael Vick, but so what? But he should get his, and it shouldn't crush the football team.

Phil Simms

In fact, so much attention has been paid to base pairing that this other interaction, base stacking, has been neglected.

Bern Kohler

When you get to my age, what you want is the cameo. You get paid a lot of money. You fly in for a couple of weeks. Everybody treats you like the crown jewels. It's all great and if the film turns out to be a load of s - -, nobody blames you.

Bob Hoskins

Show business is just like high school, except you get paid.

Martin Mull

The money we are seeking is the amount we paid in excess of a just and reasonable rate, according to formulas established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Tom Dresslar

We've been working on getting the puck to the net and that paid off tonight. We got some goals in front ? and it's not easy to get there ? but there's work for us yet to do.

Tim Ebner