Henry Ford

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

American Businessman

Dolly Parton

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

American Singer

Ice Cube

When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me.

American Musician

Mark Twain

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

American Writer

Voltaire

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

French Writer

Steven Adler

We owe it to the fans to do a tour around the world.

Clint Eastwood

Some people feel that the world owes them a living.

American Actor

Bob Dylan

What did I owe the rest of the world? Nothing.

Philip James Bailey

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

English Poet

Sherman Alexie

Use 'owe' when expressing the need to return a favor or keep a promise.

Return Promises

'Owe' highlights the obligation felt to repay others for their actions or gifts.

Emphasize Obligation

'Owe' isn't limited to money; it can also refer to returning kindness or acts.

Not Monetary Only

Use 'owe' to express feeling a moral debt for someone's past help or support to you.

Moral Debt

The word 'owe' can convey a sense of emotional duty, similar to loyalty or gratitude.

Emotional Reciprocity

'Owe' often implies social relationships where favors or kindness are exchanged.

Social Exchange

Use 'owe' when discussing financial debts and the amounts due.

Financial Context

Use 'owe' to indicate a specific sum of money that needs to be paid back.

Precise Amounts

Use 'owe' for amounts still unpaid over time, like loans or ongoing bills.

Ongoing Payment

 Walking towards the temple always increases the tax, and walking away decreases it, so it seems like you can never reach it without owing silver. But what happens when you walk around a single block? If you start out owing four silver and go clockwise starting east, your tax bill becomes six,

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 millions on a single computer chip. Those chips and their spread out electrons power the computer you're using to watch this video. An old joke says that the Internet exists to allow the sharing of cat videos. At a very deep level, though, the Internet owes its existance

Schrödinger's cat: A...

 gets to take out all that stress that she's built up throughout the week if the dogs put the time for the country then the country owes it to them to put the time to him she saved my life that's why I'm here so I owed it to her to save her life and that's why I wanted to

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 You see, your eyes don't always capture the world as a video camera would. In fact, there are quite a few differences, owing to the anatomy of your eye and the processing that takes place in your brain and its outgrowth, the retina. Let's start with some similarities.

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 asking for a raise, a wedding speech. Whatever it is, if it's really important, you owe it to yourself to look at this toolbox and the engine that it's going to work on, and no engine works well without being warmed up. Warm up your voice.

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 I want to be like my dad. I wanted to help my family. People think that bandits don't have values. But my dad and uncle did. They have honor. Violence was the last step to resolve the problems, because dead people don't pay what they owe.

The Rise of the Cali...

 So we owe our existence to aerosol particles. However, despite their importance, how aerosol particles form in the atmosphere and their effect on clouds are poorly understood. Even the vapors responsible for aerosol particle formation

Cloudy climate change:...

 wouldn't be viable it wouldn't be fair so you know we owe it to her to make sure that she has the utmost best quality of life that she can have and from what I could see and what I feel that's definitely what she's getting here

Elephants Freed From...

 Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. We owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains.

How does your body know...

 I'm afraid you owe me no I am actually going to buzz off stage and leave you sitting here not feeling awkward because I would like to welcome to the stage

Owe

Return Promises

Emphasize Obligation

Not Monetary Only

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