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I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of… — Paul Auster
You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price. — Mary Kay Ash
When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price. — Arthur Ashe
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. — Isaac Asimov
Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the… — Wystan Hugh Auden
If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons and take his gun away. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances,… — Saint Augustine
What used to keep me up at night was the fact that I didn't know how I was going to pay the rent. Now that… — Paul Auster
I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.' — Lauren Bacall
I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a… — Lauren Bacall
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. — Richard Bach
You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors. That's corruption to do that. — Michele Bachmann
A man can do a television interview and roll out of bed 15 minutes before; it's just not the same for a woman. A woman… — Michele Bachmann
Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to… — Michael Badnarik
An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to… — Walter Bagehot
I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid… — Amy Adams
People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by… — James A. Baldwin
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. — James A. Baldwin
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of… — Lucille Ball
I would love to go on 'MasterChef'. But while I really like cooking, I'm doubtful anyone would ever want to pay for what I'd cooked. — Ed Balls

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