#paid

I think it's a terrible thing to write and not enjoy it. It's a sad thing. But of course a lot of people do work because they need to eat. And we all need to eat, but that's not the only reason to work. You couldn't have paid me not to write. ↗

— Anne Perry

#course #eat #enjoy #i #i think

I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime. ↗

— Thomas Peterffy

#i #lifetime #paid #taxes

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid. ↗

— Ellis Peters

#end #falls #in the end #never #paid

There is a one woman in China that claimed she paid $50 to get my e-mail address. It was pretty shocking. I got one this morning from Scotland. A girl's requesting a signed photo of me. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#china #claimed #e-mail #get #girl

The desire to become a journalist came really because I very much like living abroad, and like to travel, and wanted to be paid for it. ↗

— John Pomfret

#because #become #came #desire #i

Look, you're here to see me, and I can't go on until my dealer is here, and he's waiting to be paid, so give me some money so I can fix up, and then you'll get your show. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#fix #get #give #give me #go

I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set. ↗

— Victoria Pratt

#i #i think #lot #paid #put

When goods are exchanged between countries, they must be paid for by commodities or gold. They cannot be paid for by the notes, certificates, and checks of the purchaser's country, since these are of value only in the country of issue. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#cannot #certificates #checks #commodities #countries

I didn't think I was an actor and fought it for a long time. Nobody paid for that but me. ↗

— Kathleen Quinlan

#fought #i #long #long time #me

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#another #character #earn #emotional #expression