Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan

There are no free lunches in life. You have to earn it. I am paying my dues. People have accused me of having it easy because I am Amitabh Bachchan's son. Yes, I am his son, and I've never run away from it. I work hard to make him proud.

Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin

The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.

Albert Shanker
Albert Shanker

When school children start paying union dues, that 's when I'll start representing the interests of school children.

Alex Morrison
Alex Morrison

I also believe that member states of the United Nations should live up their obligations to pay their dues.

Allison Janney
Allison Janney

I definitely paid my dues, and I'm grateful for everything and for my good friends.

Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes

I've worked really hard to get to where I am. Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.

Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox

Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin.

Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin

I paid my dues; I certainly did.

Ato Essandoh
Ato Essandoh

It's not selling out, necessarily, to do something to gain some kind of notoriety that gives you the cache to do be able to go and do something else that you want. There's some dues that you just have to pay in life.

Ato Essandoh
Ato Essandoh

There's some dues that you just have to pay in life.