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  • In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day.

    Night   Play   Opinion  
  • That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

    Gore Vidal (2004). “Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia”, p.103, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS
  • " many seemingly independent businessmen or craftsman are more or less well paid retainers of larger corporations, such as the cobbler, operating a United States shoe machine or an automobile dealer holding a license of the General Motors Corporation."

    "The Political Economy Of Growth" by Paul A. Baran, Ch. 4, (p. 84), 1957.
  • First, I charge a retainer; then I charge a reminder; next I charge a refresher; and then I charge a finisher.

    Next   Firsts   Reminders  
    "Judah Benjamin". Book by Simon I. Neiman, p. 207, 1963.
  • Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers . . . great talkers.

  • The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers.

  • I didn't want to understand. Bert had been thrilled that the police wanted to put me on retainer. He told me I would gain valuable experience working with the police. All I had gained so far was a wider variety of nightmares.

    Police   Want   Gains  
    Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “The Laughing Corpse: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.22, Penguin
  • I have always had an attorney on retainer, and now I believe I will have to put him to work.

  • I have a couple of gold teeth. I had braces for a year but I didn't wear the retainer.

    "J Mascis: 'I never took it that seriously'". Interview with Paul Lester, www.theguardian.com. August 03, 2012.
  • Genius is not a retainer to any emperor.

    Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Walden”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • I had braces; I was lucky, 'cause I had some snaggle teeth. I always try and keep my retainer on me 'cause I'm paranoid about my teeth. It was run over by a car, so half of it's missing, but it still works.

    Running   Car   Missing  
  • If a retainer will just think about what he is to do for the day at hand, he will be able to do anything. If it is a single day's work, one should be able to put up with it. Tomorrow, too is but a single day.

    Thinking   Hands   Able  
    Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.103, Bottom of the Hill
  • Temptations are enemies outside the castle seeking entrance. If there be no false retainer within who holds treacherous parley, there can scarcely be even an offer.

    Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.44
  • When I think about what sort of person I would most like to have on a retainer, I think it would be a boss. A boss who could tell me what to do, because that makes everything easy when you're working.

    Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.109, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Go to bed before 8 p.m. Thieves generally break in between 12 and 2 a.m., so if you spend the evening in useless talk and go to bed late, you are likely to lose your valuables and your reputation as well. Save the firing and the light that will be wasted by staying up late and get up at four in the morning. Have a cold bath and say your prayers, and after you have dressed, give your orders for the day to your wife and children and retainers and so be ready to go on duty before 6 [a.m.]

  • As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand, you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case, as if something was still in prospect for you, as well as for your client.

    Clients   Common   Fees  
    Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.52, ReadHowYouWant.com
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