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She earned the respect of her teammates through her performance. The team was smart enough to realize they needed her if they were going to reach their goals.

She earned it. She was an offensive weapon. She was consistent the whole tournament.

She earned for us a reputation as one of the best organized, most active Central Committees in Maryland.

Sir Terry Pratchett - he was knighted in 2009, and on him it looked earned rather than entitled - wrote about dragons, wizards, turtles, witches, time-travelling monks, and suitcases with legs.

She is hard working and tough. She is still green and has a lot to learn. She's earned it. I hope she can step up, but I don't like to put pressure on freshmen girls. I need a front runner.

She knew her experience was minimal, but she just plugged away and quietly went about her business. By the end of the training in April, there was no doubt she was the best, most consistent player that had played with us. She's quietly gone about her business and earned everybody's confidence.

She more than earned her sobriquet, 'Miss Run Amok'.

Most people have weaknesses, ... Federer doesn't have weaknesses. So that equates to a problem. I mean, I could lie, I could say something else, but he's earned that respect.

Mother Parks, take your rest. You have certainly earned it,

McQueen does what good teams do. They forced the turnovers. They earned the blocked punts, the interceptions. They made a lot of that stuff happen.

My first preference would be to test the market, without closing the door on coming back. I feel I have earned the opportunity to explore my options.

My confidence is back, ... You lose it when you don't play. I've earned it again. That's the thing I've achieved this week.

Musical 'fusion' projects have earned themselves a bad name, but that's mainly because they often involve pop artists conscripting orchestras to play unimaginative backdrops to their acts. What's really exciting is when you spark off a dialogue between very different musical forces.

Money earned by men would not always reach to their wives and children.

My father is Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, and yes, he was the Terminator! He is also a former Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia, two titles he earned as a champion bodybuilder.

Now the company is going from strength to strength, ... We've tripled our turnover in a year and we've earned record profits.

Now that we've got a good thing going here, I'm happier that it worked out that way. Everyone feels they earned it. You kind of know who your friends are. There was plenty of time for people to show whether they were loyal to the program or not.

Obviously I think enough of (Mayo) to be a starter. That's what we've done, and he's earned that. I feel good about him playing.

Obviously it was a game where they made more plays than we did. I congratulate Mike and the Denver Broncos. They are a good football team. They earned the right to play here (Saturday) and they played well.

Obviously, he's done a lot right his first three starts, and this is a big step up. I think he's earned his right to compete with them. Now let's see if he can do it.

Nobody wants to go to the bank with profits earned turning teens into gambling addicts and that is why the bill has earned such broad bipartisan support in both houses.

Right now, I could care less about New Hampshire. It's Bristol, California and Richmond -- that's it. We're going to bring the best stuff we've got these last three races starting with this weekend we're bringing back the car we won the pole and finished second with in the spring. It's hard to say whether you want to be going to Bristol with the situation we're in right now. It's a place where you're forced into a lot of situations that you don't necessarily want to be in. There's absolutely no give and take and anything can happen there so it's a well earned top-five if you can get one.

Right now, he's definitely in the top 75 or better. A lot of reputations are earned in summer camps and major team tournaments. But there are still kids who emerge, like Patrick, with outstanding senior years. He ended up one of the best players in Chicago, and Illinois rates with Texas and California as the top states in the nation for producing players.

Right now, he's blocking better than any wideout we've had. He's really taken to heart all the little things you're supposed to do. He's earned the right to start.

Return on equity is not a guaranteed rate of return. In fact, the company since 1998 hasn't earned anywhere near its authorized rate of return.

On the red carpet, I need to be protected. When I wear a Chanel dress, I feel like I've earned the right to be there. And Karl Lagerfeld is so poetic, such an intelligent man. I like the way he has the power to draw attention.

I guess I haven't earned his respect yet, ... He feels like I have to earn it. That's something I can understand. I'm definitely looking forward to him calling me that.

If they will continue working full time or will be phasing out of work, and wages put them in a higher tax bracket during the phase-out period, they may want to delay distributions (withdrawals) from their tax-deferred accounts until years in which they have no earned income and are in a lower tax bracket,

I don't even know why we're having that discussion. I think we're definitely one of the best 64 teams in the country. We play in a league where every night you have to play your best basketball or you will get your hat handed to you. I think we've earned the right to be one of top 64 teams.

I don't feel like we escaped with one. I feel we earned it.

I don't care if Cuba wins or loses every game. I just want to see them play. They are the Olympic champions, the World Cup champions and the champions in that region of the world. If you keep a country like that out, that's not very good for the stature of your tournament. Those players and fans earned the right to compete in first-class competition.

Idaho Power is making this issue very public, and is adamant about gaining support any way they can. While they are quick to blame H.B. 800 for the recent drop in their credit rating, they should really be blaming themselves. Their tactics only earned them negative publicity, and they shouldn't be surprised that their credit rating reflects that.

I can guarantee that's not why they're on the team. They're on the team because they've earned it. Bret Hedican is on his way to one of his best years in the league.

I am honored to have earned the support of Senator Feinstein, ... In 1992 we made history together, and I look forward to once again working with Senator Feinstein to build a California of economic prosperity, fairness and broad opportunity.

I am so happy for Matt. He really earned this opportunity. He had a dominating season. He was the top pitcher in the league last year and now he's being rewarded for it.

I am tremendously energized and excited by the opportunity to join an organization that time and time again has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to rock-solid journalism, a dedication that has rightly earned CNN recognition as the global leader in news coverage.

Carolina is a tough, physical, well-coached team. We earned the right to play this game at home, and that is very important.

But we like Ryan Nece. Jeff Gooch and Ryan have had a real competitive battle this spring and summer, so Ryan will be the starter. He's earned that in Jeff's absence.

But the game is still played on the ice. Having been in the same shoes as Tampa once before (winning a Cup in Dallas in 1999), you don't want to disrespect somebody who has won a championship. And they earned it and deserved it. They're the ones with the knowledge right now. We're all searching for that.

Buffalo earned their repetition off what they did last year,

But Adam and Pat both have earned the right to play. They both are good enough to win with. The nice part is we can run the whole offense with both. They're unselfish and understand their roles.

Because we hate each other. I'm perfectly happy to get drunk with the rest of them. I was just in London, and we had a really spectacular dinner. But I think it should go no further. We've earned that.

Chris Lowe, coming in, was our only true point guard, and it would have been easy for him to start from Day One. But I didn't allow that. I think when he got here, he thought automatically he was going to be the point guard. We wanted to make sure he earned everything he got. We wanted to make sure he was mentally ready as well as physically ready.

Chris Hobbs earned his 75th career win earlier this season and is now up to 80 wins.

I have a great respect for money. I know how hard it is to earn and keep, especially with our diabolical taxes in Britain. I never get over the fact that sometimes I see more money being paid for a meal than my father earned in a week.

I have a life besides baseball. This isn't my life. I play because I can. A lot of people say Milton Bradley is a good person. I'm trying to be a good person. But anybody who stands between me getting there, they need to be eliminated. Something needs to be done. I'm not going to revert to the person I was last year and in the past. I'm starting to get respect because I earned it.

I have been fielding quite a few calls about Apple's filing of the 'Mobile Me' patent. Folks have been speculating about a phone from Apple for more than a year. Being that I am a wireless analyst, I don't follow Apple as closely as others do. What I do know though, is that we are not likely to know until Apple wants us to know. They are pretty good at big surprises. Do I think they are developing a phone? Probably. Probably somewhere in their labs, there are prototypes of phones. Whether or not they bring one to market commercially is another story. Whether or not they will do so on their own is another open question. Hard to imagine carrier subsidies on a device unless there are revenues to be earned through downloaded services and content.

I have a confession to make. For years, I earned a living - or a sort of living - writing negative book reviews.

I have a spot on the team. Right now, I guess you could say I am a walk-on. But I will be treated just like any other player on the team. As far as a scholarship goes, he likes to reward players who work hard. Every player that has stayed with the program has earned a scholarship.

I feel very fortunate for everything I've had. I worked hard to get it. I feel I earned it. I just wish it would have ended a little differently. I don't have any negative feelings about it at all at this point.

I feel like we're very well prepared (for districts). In the last week, we lost to three very tough teams (St. Basil, Villa Maria, Downingtown) and got two big wins (over Nazareth) back to back. I feel like the girls have earned a lot of respect.

Frankly, we get sick of hearing it. You'd think we'd earned respect. All we can do is keep winning.

Four million is not a huge amount of money. I earned it thanks to my work.

From passing the city's first earned income tax credit to launching the structural unemployment initiative, Gifford has been a forceful advocate in getting results for the most vulnerable New Yorkers,

I don't think a lot of people realize they have money coming back to them. And people who are eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit can get quite a bit back.

If anyone has earned this opportunity it's Grant. Because he was real good when he was young and then kind of disappeared and he's battled back and he's come a million miles. Our expectations weren't real high coming into the season but he's never turned the ball down and the defense loves him because he throws strikes and gets ground balls and double plays.

I encourage you to donate the salary that you earned while others walked the picket line.

I earned my Ph.D. in philosophy, and one of my specializations was the logic and mathematics of game theory. I've also got a degree in drama, so I know about stories, characterizations, plot arcs, and the like. Lots of game designers can do one or the other: I've got the skills for both.

I earned my first paycheck. That was one of my highlights that didn't involve wrecking.

I earned every single thing that I have, and I've lost things as a result of me, so I don't blame anybody but Dionne, she's the one who has to stand in that space and produce whatever has to be produced.

I enjoy tournaments where if you shoot a round in the 60s, you've earned it and you're going to move up the board. I'm 1-under par and I'm in 10th. That's pretty good.

I don't think it's sunk in. We were basically so far out of it even three weeks ago that somehow we won this division and have home ice is - I think we're all a little bit in shock about that. But we definitely earned it.

From the time he was five years old, Peter's dream was to serve in the military. He told me that just before he was enlisted. He loved the challenge the military provided and earned excellent marks in his physical training and gained admirations from many of his superior.

For most of our near 40-year history, we have earned in excess of 90 or 95 percent of our income. But now the job is just too big for us to handle alone.

Given what Brandi has done for this sport for the last 17 years, I feel like she's earned the right to at least be given a look. I think this is a big mistake.

Given what we've been through, if there was ever a group of guys who earned it, deserved it, it's our guys. Everybody who was out there played their tails off and competed. They made energy plays and made enough plays to win.

If we make the tournament, it's because we earned it. We want to play the best teams.

He's had a great career there. He's earned the right to make a decision of whether to stay or leave. I'm not privy to what his thought process is. He's a great player and if he chooses not to go back, then we certainly would have some interest.

He went around and made pinecone ornaments and sold them around the school and his neighborhood and he earned $40. He gave all of it to student council for the penny drive.

He had everything working. He used a fastball and a sharp, breaking curve with the occasional change-up. He was great and he absolutely earned himself a spot in the rotation.

He has embarrassed the government. By continuing as minister without portfolio he has earned himself a price for silence.

He has earned a reputation as a great wrestler and now people seem to root for his opponent who is almost always the underdog. The gym was quite loud on Friday in Dayton when he failed to pin his opponents, even though both of those wins were very lopsided. I guess it just goes with the territory.

He did a good job tonight. He gave up his first earned run this season tonight, so his been consistent. He filled up the strike zone and allowed his defense to play behind him.

He has worked very hard in practice. I think he has earned the respect of all his teammates. He has shown that he's more than capable of being a major contributor to our team. I think our players look forward to playing with him.

He impressed me so much. I've got a lot of respect for him, and he earned a lot from me. He knew he had to go down and pitch on a regular basis.

He hit the ball unbelievably. I think they eventually wanted him to have the job. I think he exceeded the expectations they had of him this spring. You might as well give him a shot, and he earned it.

He is a handful. Chris has played very well in most of their big games. I feel in some ways that I've got one of the best defensive centers in the country in my team in Steven Hill. I know Chris is going to be hard to stop, but he's going to face a kid that relishes defense, relishes shot blocking, relishes shutting somebody down. And if he (Chris) does well, it's going to be because he earned it.

He fully understands that one of our most significant assets is our people, and developing our talent is one of senior leadership's most important responsibilities, ... Len has both earned his way to this understanding and grown into it.

He felt we shouldn't have won, but I believe my team earned their victory ... it seems we still have lots of work to do. They are capable to do better but a lot more strengthening is needed.

He earned that one tonight. He had a lot of shots, and some quality shots, down low, scrambles in front, he seems to get in the way of them.

He earned that one tonight, ... He had a lot of shots, and some quality shots, down low, scrambles in front, he seems to get in the way of them.

He earned some time tonight, that's for sure. He's obviously back in the mix.

He earned my respect. He played with more passion that the rest of the team combined.

He earned his scholarship. You have to commend him for what he did with us. He was only healthy for the last two years. I've said 'It's not easy being Trim' because of the way he draws attention under the basket. It's a game of production and Trim produced for us.

He earned himself a chance to stay around a little longer.

He earned every bit of it. To get my senior on there, that's what we were looking for.

He earned an opportunity to go that fifth inning, but we are thinking more long term instead of short term right now. More for the benefit of the team than the individual.

He'll get a little big-headed now and then just like everybody else. He'll put up a couple jump shots that he shouldn't take once in a while. But that's OK. We know he's our best offensive player. He's earned it.

He means a lot to us and a lot to the city and the organization. He's earned it, and it couldn't have happened to a finer guy.

This was not so much about his stuff but how well he commanded the strike zone, that he had no discomfort and that he got his pitch count up. The answers were yes, yes and yes. . . . He earned an opportunity to really throw his hat in the ring (for the fifth starter spot).

We've earned the right to take it to the next level.

We've earned the right to be there, so you've got to enjoy the moment in the moment. It's good to see all the media and all the coverage because we've worked hard and it's been a long journey, but it has been fun.

We've earned the privilege of feeling good about what we've done. But we have won nothing. We know we need our A-plus game in the playoffs, and now is the time that you make sure you're there when the time comes.

We've earned every ounce of this. We've had a few lucky bounces. A few teams that maybe should have been here aren't, but that's the tournament. ... To say that we've been lucky or had an easy road, well, what goes around comes around. We were given it and we took control of it.

We told Justin he owed us one and he came up with a huge play and that's the attitude of our team right now. They just wanted this ball game more tonight. They came out and fought for everything they got and earned. They without a doubt earned this 'W' tonight.

Hats off to them. We are lucky to get out of here with a win. They (Riverdale) earned my respect. Mainly, I am very disappointed in our rebounding effort tonight. Plus, we let their zone get to us in the fourth quarter, throwing the ball away on long skip passes. There's no excuse for that.

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He's always got that positive attitude. He works hard. He doesn't ask to be treated different or given anything special. Everything that he's gotten, he's earned from hard work, and I think he brings the same work ethics into the crew chief job.

He's just earned his stripes. It's been a natural maturation process. I came here five years ago and he had just taken over the job, and like any other young starting quarterback, he took his lumps. He had his ups and downs, but he always handled it extremely well and with class. You could see how much of a competitor he was.

He's been through some wars. He's earned that right. Last year, he was a part of the team. He was a reason why we had a lot of success. He brought the best out of me. I hope I brought the best out of him.