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I used to be a party monster, very into Acid House, which I saw as my weekend reward for working hard all week.
These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess.
The work must be its own reward. I got that early on. And I'm blessed by meeting my own standards of excellence.
'Granted' is about a lively young woman who does a fairy godmother a good turn and is given a wish as her reward.
I have students who are now in chairs in five continents. They invite me to their inaugurals. A tremendous reward.
But when people emotionally connect with what you're trying to do, or it resonates with them, that's a huge reward.
The thing that upsets me is the ubiquitous use of reward technology, which uses our evolutionary biology against us.
Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!
Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
At a certain point, we need to figure out how to reward those who choose a path that offers, often, almost no reward.
People who do crime do it for reward. But you end up in jail - that's no reward. Through crime, your ambitions are low.
Those of us who have yet to find philanthropy may find there is a far greater reward from it than from wealth creation.
People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.
I can't speak for every American comic, but for me, a great show is its own reward. Comedy is too subjective for awards.
The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
You should allow professors to become really outstanding academicians, recognised worldwide, and you should reward them.
I'm passionate about my fans and my shows. But my biggest reward in the success that is my life are my husband and kids.
Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.
To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness.
The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.
Let's face it, making movies is all risk. Most of the time, batting average-wise, the reward does not outweigh the risk.
Endorsements are a reward for good performance on the field, and the commitments made after signing them need to be done.
Trust and value your own divinity as well as your connection to nature. Seeing God's work everywhere will be your reward.
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy.
Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.
If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.
Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!
Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.
The cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming.
In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions.
Love works not for profit nor reward; yet God has ordained that great gain shall be the certain result of every labor of love.
It's all about persevering. You know you're going to be tested. If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.
Taxpayer dollars should not be used as a reward for contractor executives, especially when other segments of society are hurting.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
My reward in life for growing up a little bit was that Mary Steenburgen came into my life, and we have been together for 19 years.
A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
One of the biggest ways we don't support ourselves is by not asking for support. Asking can take courage, but the reward is immense.
I had to fight those type of fights which were high risk, low reward and at the start, I never could get the fights I really wanted.
There is a great deal of reward when you do good work and people see how successful that work is and the happiness it brings to them.
If you're sick, take your sick day. If you don't take your sick day, know what your reward is? You weren't sick - that was the reward.
I created a fitness club with five friends. We have weekly check-ins and a reward system - and group penalties if one of us slacks off.
Anytime you take someone's money, that puts enormous pressure. But I think if you want the most reward, you have to take the most risk.
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school.
A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.