I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find it by reducing the great military establishments, and diminishing the money paid to fighting men in time of peace.
Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals.
Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform.
I don’t want money fights. I want to get paid, and like I said, I want to defend my throne.
We played out on the street every single day as a family, with neighbours, at the community centres, and I developed the desire to win very early. That environment instilled a competitive edge in me, which has paid dividends in my life.
I had a romance novel inside me, but I paid three sailors to beat it out if me with steel pipes.
My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn’t walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors.
I’ve got a nice little crafty deal with the people in Barbados; 10 days out there teaching the locals how to play darts for an hour a day. Get paid for that as well.
I feel a responsibility to the fans who have paid to see me and I want to give as good a show as I possibly can.
I’ve paid my dues in the classical trenches.
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
Out of college, I had two job offers. One was to be a canoe instructor for Outward Bound. And frankly, that would have paid better than the job I took, working on a policy commission in Washington that focused on immigration policy and refugees. But that decision made all the difference.
Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day’s pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.
Most employees want to be involved in a successful business and most employees are happy for people running successful businesses to be paid a reasonable wage and a market rate for it, provided they understand the reason. What they hate most of all is pay for failure.
I stand up for what I believe. I don’t know if it’s always paid off for me, because I’ve been ridiculed and humiliated.
I’ve already got my rent paid, and it’s too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don’t like or believe in.
My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my sophomore and junior year in college, when I was just 19 years old. I got paid $250 every two weeks, 10 shows a week, to be in the Utah Shakespearean Festival. I was Calpurnia in ‘Julius Caesar.’
I don’t think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money.
Americans count on the guaranteed benefits they paid for under Medicare.
One has to look at my life story to see what I’ve done. I’ve paid a heavy price that many people don’t realize.
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn’t support yourself as an ‘artist’ – I hate that word. The only way you could be ‘arty’ was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved.
I don’t know what’s better gettin’ laid or gettin’ paid.
Those who reject integration programs in the long term have as little right to stay in Germany as a hate preacher paid from abroad in a mosque.
I think that wealthy white people would like to have a country that resembles the Fifties, when all the minorities were tucked away in ghettos and paid in very low wages but on the surface it was very bright and shiny and free and the rest of the world would look on it longingly.
I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my ‘Will Smith’ thing and get paid.
For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God.
I paid my way through college as a carpenter and a woodworker. So I’ve built the house I live in and most of the furniture that’s in it, and I do a lot of woodworking still.
The rapid growth in many of our suburbs has spawned a booming construction industry eager to hire low wage immigrants who gladly fill these jobs, many of them happy to be paid in cash, free of federal and state taxes.
I always paid attention to Lil Wayne – close attention. He’s my idol. He’s still my idol.
You can have all the information you want in the world. If you don’t have the people raising questions and looking beneath the surface, and people being paid to do this, you’re not going to find the answers.
My organization, my colleagues and I, are paid to run hotels in good times and fair times. We’re professionals. That’s what we do. I don’t give a damn about the short-term market implications.
I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.
On Memorial Day, we remember the service of those brave military men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice defending and protecting our freedoms.
I don’t mind being called a weirdo. There are a lot of people in hip-hop who are probably never going to get what I do. But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper.
I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn’t even have thought of asking my parents – they couldn’t afford it, not with six kids!
A man’s ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.
When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That’s the story of my private life.
I’m not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.
Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.
I’m sorry I didn’t wear paint this morning. I tend not to wear it unless I’m getting highly paid.
No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it.
Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.
Music is the career I’m lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.
Well, actually yes, in 1988. There was a warrant for me because my assistant hadn’t paid a ticket of mine.
I can’t believe we’re being paid to live in New York.
Every day I try to push the boundaries, and it’s paid off.
America’s fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.
I feel privileged to be able to do what I enjoy doing and that I also get paid to do it. That gives me great pleasure.
I belong to a family where I think we’re all fairly treated, boys or girls. Although I have to work doubly hard just to be able to be recognised. That meant long hours, but the hard work paid off.
People looking at advertisements or reading their local newspapers would have had no idea that what they were reading was bought and paid for with their tax dollars.
Whenever I think of the high salaries we are paid as film actors, I think it is for the travel, the time away, and any trouble you get into through being well known. It’s not for the acting, that’s for sure.
I’m getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade. I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business.
To me, film is a religion. I don’t expect to get paid to make it, but I do expect total dedication.
There are a lot of women who do a similar job to me who are paid a hell of a lot more… who are a lot posher than me.
Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times.
Our constituents paid into Social Security, and they want it paid back to them when they retire. Cutting Social Security benefits that Americans have earned should always be a last resort.
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
My first job, actually, was a Chicago Bulls commercial. I was a ninja. I walked with a limp for a week afterward and got paid 500 dollars 6 months later. Thanks, guys.
I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties; in fact, I’m the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, I’m always working or promoting something.
