A Quote by Ani DiFranco

I have earned my disillusionment. — © Ani DiFranco
I have earned my disillusionment.
Great horror movies are earned. 'Halloween' is an earned picture. Every moment of grotesque violence is earned by the suspense they're able to maintain getting there.
something can only become an illusion after disillusionment. before that, it is something real. what caused the disillusionment? no one told me the print on the wall was just ink and paper and had no life of its own. at some point the cat stopped blinking, and i stopped thinking it could.
But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.
I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned.
Independence is never given to a people, it has to be earned; and, once earned, must be defended.
I beat Diaz, Pettis, Ben Henderson, Cerrone, and I earned it, man. I earned my title.
As a nurse, I earned around 60% of what my white male counterparts in the same position earned.
The universe is gratis. It cannot be earned, nor need it be earned.
Good results is not an entitlement. It has to be earned and earned each individual working day via the lens of humility.
I wanted to be one of the best players of my era at my position. And I did that, and I earned that. No one gave that to me. I earned every single thing.
By Allah, whenever I endure any adversity I gain four blessings of Allah in exchange. The first of them is, when the adversity is not caused by my sin (virtue is earned). The second, when the adversity is not greater than my sin (virtue is earned). The third, when I am not deprived of contentment (virtue is earned). And the fourth, I hope for virtues thereby.
I don't care if Trump has $100 billion. He's earned it. He's had a job. There are ways you can track what he has earned. The Clintons don't want to admit how they've earned their money. They love to brag about their wealth, but how did they get it? Making speeches, $750,000 for one speech from a firm that now has close ties with Mrs. Clinton as a secretary of state and potentially as president? It's $750,000 for one speech.
It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.
If trust must be earned, hasn't God unequivocally earned our trust with the bark on the raw wounds, the thorns pressed into the brow, your name on the cracked lips.
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.
Disillusionment is not truth.
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