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• I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.

  Bob Uecker

  Men, Brave, Milwaukee

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• I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Wall, Thinking, Increase

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• Joe Lauzon is not seen as the top guy in his division, He's not the champion. Do you know how many people go f--- crazy when I saw Joe Lauzon is on the card? Because people love to watch him fight. Joe Lauzon has won more fighter bonuses than I think anybody. If you are that guy, the system works for you. But if you are not that guy, then boo f--- hoo, you don't matter.

  Dana White

  Crazy, Fighting, Thinking

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• Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public.

  Iain Duncan Smith

  Thinking, Years, Culture

  "The Andrew Marr Show", news.bbc.co.uk. January 29, 2012.

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• Yes. I do about 70 shows a year, in the past year I've been to Italy, Australia, Japan, China, just about everywhere. I do it because I love singing. The money is a bonus.

  Katherine Jenkins

  Past, Japan, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus.

  Katy Perry

  Ideas, Care, My Family

  Interview with Kristen Wiig, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 8, 2012.

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• I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Men, Quality, Likeable

  "Why women really should rule". Interview with Sharon Krum, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2008.

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• It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel.

  Doris Lessing

  Winning, Giving, Lovely

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• In the subprime mortgage industry, bankers handed out iffy loans like candy at a parade because such loans meant revenue and, hence, bonuses for executives in the here-and-now.

  Thomas Frank

  Bankers, Mortgage, Loan

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• If you start out with a tragic view of life, then anything since is just a bonus.

  Freeman Dyson

  Views, Tragic, Ifs

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• Style advice? Always wear clothes... that are... clean, for starters. An added bonus if it is pressed as well. Unless you are wearing clothes that are supposed to look rumpled.

  Steve Carell

  Clothes, Advice, Style

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• If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Sweet, Winning, Thinking

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.130, Penguin

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• Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Views, Rest Of Your Life, Moments

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• Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.

  Mark Twain

  Teamwork, Achievement, Team Building

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• You shouldn’t rule out second chances. Sometimes they come with interesting bonus features.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Second Chance, Interesting, Sometimes

  Lisa Kleypas (2013). “Crystal Cove”, p.80, Macmillan

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• I heard from my dear friend Tiberius Ogden, that you can produce a Patronus? For a bonus point...? Harry raised his wand, looked directly at Umbridge, and imagined her being sacked. Expecto Patronum! The silver stag erupted from the end of his wand and cantered the length of the hall.

  J. K. Rowling

  Silver, Length, Ends

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• No worries, Atticus. I will snarf surreptitiously. And I should get bacon, because my adverb was two syllables longer than yours, plus a bonus for alliteration." I grinned. "It's a deal. You're the best hound ever.

  Kevin Hearne

  Two, Worry, No Worries

  Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.911, Del Rey

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• A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the search for Truth, Beauty and Love. What more is needed? Should there be a ‘meaning’ as well, that will be a bonus? If we waste time looking for life’s meaning, we may have no time to live — or to play.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Wise, Men, Beauty And Love

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• Bonus: I now knew what Erin meant by lickable abs.

  Tammara Webber

  Erin

  Tammara Webber (2012). “Easy”, p.71, Penguin UK

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• It was a basic plot in any number of her books: girl strikes out, makes good, finds love, gets revenge. In that order. The making good and striking out part I liked. The rest would just be bonus.

  Sarah Dessen

  Girl, Revenge, Book

  Sarah Dessen (2004). “This Lullaby”, p.108, Penguin

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• I've come to the conclusion that it's all about fear- fear that your kid won't come out on top, be a success. Forcing him into these brutal encounters will a) make a dame sure he is a success, and b) all you to see evidence of that success with the added bonus of a cheering crowd. This means that sports are supported with an almost desperate enthusiasm. The football team gets catered dinners before a fame. Honor Society is lucky if it gets a cupcake. Academic success-forget it. That requires too much imagination. There's no scoreboard.

  Deb Caletti

  Sports, Football, Cheer

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• Consider this: 1. Would you ride in a car whose driver was on the consciousness-expanding "entheogenic" drug LSD? And here's a bonus question: 2. Why does an "expanded consciousness" include the inability to operate a motor vehicle?

  Brad Warner

  Motor Vehicles, Car, Drug

  Brad Warner (2015). “Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't you know that there's another bubble as well An expectations bubble. Bigger houses private planes yachts ...... stupid salaries and bonuses. People come to desire these things and expect them. But the expectations bubble will burst as well as all bubbles do. Come to my gallery and I will sell you beautiful things at a more reasonable price. But the point is that they will have value. Things of real beauty things of the spirit.

  Edward Rutherfurd

  Beautiful, Real, Stupid

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• Journeys up the Metaphoric River are hugely enjoyable and highly recommended. Since every genre is nourished by its heady waters, a paddle steamer can take even the most walk-shy tourists to their chosen destination. As a bonus, there is traditionally at least one murder on board each trip--a "consideration" to the head steward will ensure that it is not you.

  Jasper Fforde

  Journey, Genre Is, Rivers

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• My focus is trying to make great music and putting on great shows, and whatever happens beyond that is a bonus to me.

  Luke Bryan

  Focus, Trying, Great Music

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