#paid

I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me. ↗

— Evan Hunter

#being #career #cent #early #earn

Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind. ↗

— Jacky Ickx

#against #broken #fence #finally #fortunately

I stopped and gazed on the little dull man who was being paid to be a teacher of teachers. I turned and walked to the door, slammed it closed with a bang, and broken glass crashed to the floor. There was uproar behind me in the class, which did not interest me at all. ↗

— Burl Ives

#behind #being #broken #broken glass #class

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus. ↗

— Vernon Jordan

#bonus #certain #companies #diversity #executive

When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed. ↗

— Felicity Kendal

#because #bills #could #dyed #felt

Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#bit #cuban #even #feel #great

Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation, much of it owed to overseas creditors who expect to be repaid by our children with interest. ↗

— Mark Kirk

#amount #born #children #creditors #day

I'm glad that I'm being acclaimed as an actor. Today, when my hard work has paid off I can chill out about it. ↗

— Akshay Kumar

#actor #being #chill #chill out #glad

Up until doing this movie, I hadn't really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out. ↗

— Chiaki Kuriyama

#amount #appreciation #attention #different #different sense

And my response is 70,000 people in the state of Maine that paid income tax in 2011 will not be paying income tax in 2012. ↗

— Paul LePage

#income tax #maine #paid #paying #people