#lucrative

Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

#about #acting #because #i #lucrative

My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments. ↗

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

#accompanying #army #career #chess #continue

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.' ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#army #asked #bidding #cheney #competitive

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#advantageous #any #branches #establish #government

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it. ↗

— Esther Williams

#contract #could #drinking #even #faster

I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it. ↗

— Jerry Hall

#always #enjoyed #i #lucrative #modeling

I certainly would have regretted not getting into wrestling. It's been very lucrative for me and I've been fortunate to get into it and make money and not do anything stupid where I invested in something that collapsed. ↗

— Owen Hart

#been #certainly #collapsed #fortunate #get

Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better. ↗

— Carlos Alazraqui

#initial #little #lucrative #more #movies

From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune. ↗

— Ferdinand Lassalle

#fortune #gain #highly #investment #lucrative

It is a pretty odd profession - tickling people - but it can be lucrative. ↗

— George Miller

#odd #people #pretty #profession