“When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.”
Les Brown
“The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.”
Pablo Picasso
“Going there is paying your dues. You always have to pay your dues. . . . You've just got to do it. Maybe I come from a working family. Maybe it's the voice of my mom saying, 'You've always got to be nice to people.' I look at it as saying it's going to be fun. Those people are going to be really, really happy.”
Carlos Mencia
“You know how it is when you first start out. You have to pay your dues, and he was looking for writers. I started writing songs for him, and that was my introduction to the music business.”
AJ Case
“It is likely that in two weeks when the loan is due, they won't be able to afford to pay it off then, either. They will have just enough to pay interest and roll it over. The interest rates are so high that they become onerous very quickly. . . . It's possible they may never have enough to pay it off and just keep rolling it over or replacing it.”
Christopher Peterson
“You must make an accurate estimate of any tax due and pay at least 90 percent when you request an extension.”
Gloria Wajciechowski