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• I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.

  James Dyson

  Thinking, Engineering, People

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• All the learnin' my father ever paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and the alphabet at th ' other.

  George Eliot

  Father, Alphabet, Ends

  "Mill on the Floss". Volume I,

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• In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs.

  Albert Ellis

  People, Referrals, Used

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• Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

  Federico Fellini

  Government, Censorship, Advertising

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes, let's do it.'

  Abel Ferrara

  Thinking, Actors, Certain

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you think about it, we actors are kind of prostitutes. We get paid to feign attraction and love. Other people are paying to watch us kissing someone, touching someone, doing things people in a normal monogamous relationship would never do with anyone who's not their partner. It's really kind of gross.

  Megan Fox

  Kissing, Thinking, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I've got a problem, I should take their advice. And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn't take their advice.

  Al Franken

  Doctors, Snacks, Two

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• Wars are not paid for in wartime. The bill comes later.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Money, War, Bills

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• I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.

  Brendan Fraser

  Desire, Groups, Would Be

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere.

  Morgan Freeman

  Mean, Acting, Troupe

  FaceBook post by Morgan Freeman from Oct 27, 2013

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• Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Vaccines, Effort, Action

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gita: The Mother”, Lahore, India : Indian Printing Works

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• I refuse to work unless I get paid, so I don't get a lot of work sometimes.

  Frank Gehry

  Sometimes, Refuse

  "The way we live now. Questions for Frank Gehry; Towering Vision". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. January 5, 2003.

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• Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.

  Mel Gibson

  Art, Lying, Acting

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• I've watched and learnt from DJs and remixers and paid way more attention to how I want my voice to sound. Before, as long as it was loud and in tune it was fine. I've discovered the difference made by various microphones and effects, so each track has a different vocal sound, my voice is woven into everything and it's above everything.

  Ellie Goulding

  Voice, Differences, Long

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Work is the price which is paid for reputation.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Reputation, Worldly Wisdom

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• I dare say there may be some men and women in the Armed Forces who are so decent that they would say: Give the Iraqi people money, we do not want to be paid back. That is the strength of our country.

  Lindsey Graham

  Country, Men, People

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• You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you ever heard a business person say, 'If I couldn't get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I'd do it for free'?

  Dick Gregory

  Lasts, British, Heard

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• I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd ever get paid for it, didn't think I drew well enough, but I knew it made me happy.

  Matt Groening

  Crazy, Thinking, Cartoon

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• The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever.

  Tom Hanks

  Blessed, People, Forever

  "Desert island risks", www.theguardian.com. January 12, 2001.

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• Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.

  Elizabeth Hardwick

  Teacher, Adversity, Pay

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• In six short years, small business owners and family farmers will once again be assessed a tax on the value of their property at the time of their death, despite having paid taxes throughout their lifetime.

  Doc Hastings

  Years, Six, Lifetime

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• But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.

  Joseph Heller

  Children, War, Parent

  Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

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• When I was working, and when I was making substantial amounts of money, I always filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped, when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family.

  Lauryn Hill

  Order, Safety, Guarantees

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It is as true as that night follows day, that the man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does.

  Napoleon Hill

  Business, Men, Doe

  "The Science of Success: Napoleon Hill's Proven Program for Prosperity and Happiness".

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• Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.

  Napoleon Hill

  Cheating, Nature, Giving Up

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.113, Penguin

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