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Of course, presidents are always blamed or rewarded for the state of the economy. — James Surowiecki
In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and… — Andrew Weil
I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my… — Johnny Weir
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have. — Oprah Winfrey
We can't control whether we are rewarded for our endeavours, with cash or recognition. It is not up to us how much cash or time… — Julian Baggini
There are good reasons why we don't want everyone to learn nuclear physics, medicine or how financial markets work. Our entire modern project has been… — Evgeny Morozov
Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the corner! — Ayn Rand
The world is ruled by neither justice nor morality; crime is not punished nor virtue rewarded, one is forgotten as quickly as the other. The… — Tadeusz Borowski
Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of… — Thomas Merton
Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I prayed a sincere and… — Charlotte Bronte
What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The immense accretion of flesh which had descended on her in middle life like a flood of lava on a doomed city had changed her… — Edith Wharton
Actual life was chaos, but there was something terribly logical in the imagination. It was the imagination that set remorse to dog the feet of… — Oscar Wilde
In the common world of fact the wicked were not punished, nor the good rewarded. Success was given to the strong, failure thrust upon the… — Oscar Wilde
Mortal beauty often makes me ache, and mortal grandeur can fill me with that longing...but Paris, Paris drew me close to her heart, so I… — Anne Rice
If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.
The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation, and experience merits everlasting… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are, but so attractive; and we have an entirely selfish… — James M. Barrie
In this age, lies were the universal lubricant of the culture. A love of Truth and commitment to it were seldom rewarded and were often… — Dean Koontz
Every test successfully met is rewarded by some growth in intuitive knowledge, strengthening of character, or initiation into a higher consciousness. — Paul Brunton
I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be… — Daniel Handler
In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange. — Friedrich Nietzsche
It is a lie to write in such way as to be rewarded by fame offered you by some snobbish quasi-literary groups in the intellectual… — Ray Bradbury
Because in fantasy perhaps more than in any other genre, the character is rewarded for making the right choices and punished for making the bad.… — R A Salvatore
Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves - that's the truth. We have two or three great and moving experiences in our lives - experiences so… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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