Until 1869, when they were banned, debtors' prisons were the great incinerators of British reputations. Those who were unable to pay their bills were jailed until their creditors were paid - an unlikely event, given that the prisoner was unable to work.
Tina Brown
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One of my first paid gigs was writing psychology quizzes for 'YM,' a monthly teen magazine like 'Seventeen.'
K. A. Applegate
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On my show, nobody's being paid more than me. I don't ask what they're being paid - I just make sure they're not getting more than me.
Noel Fielding
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When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.
Iman
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I didn't get paid for performances most of my life. If I did, I would be billionaire now, and I'm not.
Marina Abramovic
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At the end of the day, dividends are not being paid with margins; dividends are paid with earnings per share.
Joe Kaeser
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We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa - not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid.
Gary Johnson
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Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.
Lillie Langtry
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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.
John Buchanan Robinson
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With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.
Abel Ferrara
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I've been fined probably more than any driver, and I've probably paid it out of my own pocket more than any driver.
Kurt Busch
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I don't like to cry in public, unless I'm getting paid for it.
Andrea Martin
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Me? I'm no sob story. I get paid well, and I live comfortably.
Eddie Alvarez
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I wish I could be a model, and then I could have this fantastic body and parade around and get paid for it.
Julie Dreyfus
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Almost everything I've been paid to do was something that was largely self-taught.
John Knoll
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I'm no intellect. I'm no preacher. I'm an entertainer. And If I don't get up there and entertain people, I'm not giving them what they paid for.
Barbara Mandrell
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I think teaching should be a vocation, and they should be paid more for it.
James Nesbitt
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At medical centers such as the Cleveland Clinic and Kaiser Permanente, teams of doctors and nurses provide coordinated care while working for salary instead of getting paid for every procedure.
Matthew Heineman
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I spend a lot of my time talking to the dead, but since I get paid for it, no one thinks I'm mad.
Hilary Mantel
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I've never been paid as a prognosticator. I don't get a lot of work as a mentalist.
Andy Kindler
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There are not many people around the world who can say, 'I get paid to jump into a sandpit.'
Greg Rutherford
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Before 1972, no actors got residuals. They just got paid. No residuals.
John Ratzenberger
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And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.
George W. Bush
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I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.
Steven Wright
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