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I think that Bill Clinton is saying what Hillary Clinton has said on many occasions: 'Just trust us,' trust is earned through transparency. – Carly Fiorina	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Eleven million people that should come out from the shadows and receive earned legal status -- where they pay a fine, where they work, where they do what they want to do, which is come out from the shadows, work, provide for their families, not receive government assistance, and over a period of time be able to receive earned legal status. – Barbara Bush	Found on CNN 9 years ago
For me, this lawsuit is about family, what does it take to be recognized as a parent? I think I’ve earned it. – Greg Bourke	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If there is any hint of light in Iran’s levying of these chilling charges, it is that Iran’s accusations against Jason will soon be heard in the court of public opinion and also in a court of law, albeit in a Revolutionary Court before a judge whose unfairness has already earned him sanctions from the European Community for violations of human rights. – The Post	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
He's earned the letter just like any other varsity athlete has. – Jolinda Kelley	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We owe a profound debt to the soldiers who have lost limbs to buried bombs, to the brave veterans, and to the families who tragically lost their loved ones to the enemy's cowardly acts of terror, we owe a profound debt to the many Americans who have come to build schools, repair wells, and cure the sick. And we must acknowledge with appreciation that at the end of the day it is the ordinary Americans whose hard-earned taxes have over the years built the partnership that has led to our conversation today. – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
You stood shoulder to shoulder with us and I'd like to say, 'thank you.' I would also like to thank the American taxpayer for his and her hard-earned dollars. – Ashraf Ghani	Found on CNN 9 years ago
He wore the boots in Iraq. He's earned our attention, not your insults. – Bobby Jindal	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
She’s earned this – she deserves it, she can’t get out and play with other kids. This playhouse is what she would have. Is it really going to hurt someone? – Pete Schultz	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
My personal opinion is that she earned the death penalty, i would be OK with life in prison, if she never gets out again, but she deserves the life of a death row inmate. – Chris Hughes	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
New Yorkers who are generous enough to donate their hard-earned money to charity deserve to know how that money is really spent, including how much is used to pay for-profit telemarketers. – Attorney General Eric Schneiderman	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Trust is something that is aimed every single day one veteran at a time, if I can solve [one veteran's] problem I've earned one bit of trust. – Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald	Found on CNN 9 years ago
This money that is being given to him -- he earned every penny of it. – Evan Leedy	Found on CNN 9 years ago
State-owned assets and resources are hard-earned - the shared wealth of the people of this country. – Xi Jinping	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
He was a philosopher at heart that always saw the bigger picture. Even when we would engage in debate I felt he was playing chess while I was playing checkers, mario, you have earned it and your place in history is secure. You can now sleep with the greats. – Al Sharpton	Found on CNN 9 years ago
There isn't one unifying theme to this year's top performing funds, but big or small, these guys really earned their fees this year. – Brian Shapiro	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We sent the money we earned through blood and sweat to our parents. That made us immeasurably happy. – Zaw Lin and Win Phyo	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Unfortunately, a lot of (advisers) when they depart are leaving money on the table that they earned. – Rogge Dunn	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
With the intervention of the decades, I was seeing the pictures again with different eyes, and they were actually better than I remembered, i think they look incredible. Having let them sit there for 35 years, I've earned the right to be enthusiastic about them again. To me, they hold up very well. – Andy Warhol	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The Arabs come in and basically they want to take over, when you look at it at face value it appears to be good investment...when you balance things out to see what he got from us and what he brought in. If he would have been made to pay the necessary taxes we probably would have earned more. – Wavel Ramkalawan	Found on CNN 9 years ago
A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace. – Tennessee Williams	added by anonymous 10 years ago
I personally think that society is responsible for a very significant percentage of what I've earned. If you stick me down in the middle of Bangladesh or Peru or someplace, you find out how much this talent is going to produce in the wrong kind of soil... I work in a market system that happens to reward what I do very well - disproportionately well. Mike Tyson, too. If you can knock a guy out in 10 seconds and earn $10 million for it, this world will pay a lot for that. If you can bat .360, this world will pay a lot for that. If you're a marvelous teacher, this world won't pay a lot for it. If you are a terrific nurse, this world will not pay a lot for it. Now, am I going to try to come up with some comparable worth system that somehow (re)distributes that? No, I don't think you can do that. But I do think that when you're treated enormously well by this market system, where in effect the market system showers the ability to buy goods and services on you because of some peculiar talent - maybe your adenoids are a certain way, so you can sing and everybody will pay you enormous sums to be on television or whatever -I think society has a big claim on that. – Warren Buffett	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed. – Charles Caleb Colton	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Never spend your money before you have earned it. – Thomas Jefferson	added by anonymous 10 years ago

I think that Bill Clinton is saying what Hillary Clinton has said on many occasions: 'Just trust us,' trust is earned through transparency.

– Carly Fiorina

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Eleven million people that should come out from the shadows and receive earned legal status -- where they pay a fine, where they work, where they do what they want to do, which is come out from the shadows, work, provide for their families, not receive government assistance, and over a period of time be able to receive earned legal status.

– Barbara Bush

Found on CNN
9 years ago

For me, this lawsuit is about family, what does it take to be recognized as a parent? I think I’ve earned it.

– Greg Bourke

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If there is any hint of light in Iran’s levying of these chilling charges, it is that Iran’s accusations against Jason will soon be heard in the court of public opinion and also in a court of law, albeit in a Revolutionary Court before a judge whose unfairness has already earned him sanctions from the European Community for violations of human rights.

– The Post

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

He's earned the letter just like any other varsity athlete has.

– Jolinda Kelley

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We owe a profound debt to the soldiers who have lost limbs to buried bombs, to the brave veterans, and to the families who tragically lost their loved ones to the enemy's cowardly acts of terror, we owe a profound debt to the many Americans who have come to build schools, repair wells, and cure the sick. And we must acknowledge with appreciation that at the end of the day it is the ordinary Americans whose hard-earned taxes have over the years built the partnership that has led to our conversation today.

– Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

You stood shoulder to shoulder with us and I'd like to say, 'thank you.' I would also like to thank the American taxpayer for his and her hard-earned dollars.

– Ashraf Ghani

Found on CNN
9 years ago

He wore the boots in Iraq. He's earned our attention, not your insults.

– Bobby Jindal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

She’s earned this – she deserves it, she can’t get out and play with other kids. This playhouse is what she would have. Is it really going to hurt someone?

– Pete Schultz

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

My personal opinion is that she earned the death penalty, i would be OK with life in prison, if she never gets out again, but she deserves the life of a death row inmate.

– Chris Hughes

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

New Yorkers who are generous enough to donate their hard-earned money to charity deserve to know how that money is really spent, including how much is used to pay for-profit telemarketers.

– Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Trust is something that is aimed every single day one veteran at a time, if I can solve [one veteran's] problem I've earned one bit of trust.

– Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This money that is being given to him -- he earned every penny of it.

– Evan Leedy

Found on CNN
9 years ago

State-owned assets and resources are hard-earned - the shared wealth of the people of this country.

– Xi Jinping

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

He was a philosopher at heart that always saw the bigger picture. Even when we would engage in debate I felt he was playing chess while I was playing checkers, mario, you have earned it and your place in history is secure. You can now sleep with the greats.

– Al Sharpton

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There isn't one unifying theme to this year's top performing funds, but big or small, these guys really earned their fees this year.

– Brian Shapiro

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We sent the money we earned through blood and sweat to our parents. That made us immeasurably happy.

– Zaw Lin and Win Phyo

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Unfortunately, a lot of (advisers) when they depart are leaving money on the table that they earned.

– Rogge Dunn

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

With the intervention of the decades, I was seeing the pictures again with different eyes, and they were actually better than I remembered, i think they look incredible. Having let them sit there for 35 years, I've earned the right to be enthusiastic about them again. To me, they hold up very well.

– Andy Warhol

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The Arabs come in and basically they want to take over, when you look at it at face value it appears to be good investment...when you balance things out to see what he got from us and what he brought in. If he would have been made to pay the necessary taxes we probably would have earned more.

– Wavel Ramkalawan

Found on CNN
9 years ago

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

– Tennessee Williams

added by anonymous
10 years ago

I personally think that society is responsible for a very significant percentage of what I've earned. If you stick me down in the middle of Bangladesh or Peru or someplace, you find out how much this talent is going to produce in the wrong kind of soil... I work in a market system that happens to reward what I do very well - disproportionately well. Mike Tyson, too. If you can knock a guy out in 10 seconds and earn $10 million for it, this world will pay a lot for that. If you can bat .360, this world will pay a lot for that. If you're a marvelous teacher, this world won't pay a lot for it. If you are a terrific nurse, this world will not pay a lot for it. Now, am I going to try to come up with some comparable worth system that somehow (re)distributes that? No, I don't think you can do that. But I do think that when you're treated enormously well by this market system, where in effect the market system showers the ability to buy goods and services on you because of some peculiar talent - maybe your adenoids are a certain way, so you can sing and everybody will pay you enormous sums to be on television or whatever -I think society has a big claim on that.

– Warren Buffett

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

– Charles Caleb Colton

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Never spend your money before you have earned it.

– Thomas Jefferson

added by anonymous
10 years ago

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