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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.

I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.

What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.

The Nobel Prize, so long regarded in our science as the highest reward a man's work can earn, must bring to its recipient a most solemn sense of his debt to his fellow scientists and those of the past.

Teachers can go on cruises with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and anyone can spend the summer as a volunteer in a National Parks and even earn money doing it.

You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.

Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small business owners from collecting the same interest their money could earn if it were held by an individual.

I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy.

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment.

I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living teaching creative writing in universities. I've ended up doing that myself.

I take pride in everything I do. I don't want to be handed anything. I want to earn it.

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table.

Salary stories are intrusive. Do you ask your neighbour what they earn for their job?

I do appreciate every single dollar I earn.

Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way.

I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.

PAYE means pay as you earn but it could also mean Pretty Accurate Yet Estimated.

When I see someone in a military uniform I make it a point to approach them, shake their hand and say five words... 'thank you for your service.' 'Stars Earn Stripes' is a high energy, fun, action show, but at its heart it is all about those five words.

It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

I really live a simple life and don't need very much to feel good and happy. Don't get me wrong; I believe you should get what you earn. Sometimes you have to fight for it.

I will have to earn trust and respect from my kids.

People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.

How many men are there who fairly earn a million dollars?

Those who have the most, who earn the most, must give an example, because that is important for Spain's collective effort.

I think anyone about to leave one job not surprisingly would use their knowledge, their experience, their skills drawn from their previous positions to try and earn a living in the future. That's what happens in all interviews.

It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

There's a lot of guys that just get comfortable with their positions and rest on their laurels. I had to earn my way.

I try not to push myself too hard, but I also need to perform and earn the results.