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Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man.

I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the memory of those who nobly sacrifice their lives, that their fellow-men may live in safety and in honor.

It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.

They used to say it was bad for Indians to drink, but it's bad for anybody. When they drink they lose their cool, a lot of us. Like when we played with Sonny Boy, I would never get paid, you know. He would drink up all the money.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

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.

Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.

There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the two.

You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.

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.

There are probably a few library fines I haven't paid yet, but I'm a pretty clean-cut guy overall.

Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

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.

I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime.

I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? It's like being paid to eat.

Conservatives were griping for decades about liberal media and nobody paid attention. Now, all of a sudden, one news channel has gotten a whole new community of people freaked out.

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.

There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.

There is all of the difference in the world between paying and being paid.

If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.

You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.

That's what's so great about my job. I get paid to do what got me in trouble in grade school space out and play with my imaginary friends. In terms of Isaac, when the time's right.

You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you ever heard a business person say, 'If I couldn't get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I'd do it for free'?

But 'Hey Dude' was shot in Arizona, and that took me to the West Coast. We did 65 episodes. It was not a show that a ton of people saw, so it was like doing acting classes and getting paid for it. At that point I had the acting bug. So I went to L.A. to give it a try and never left.

It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.

I get paid to work; I don't pay to work.