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A carrot on a stick
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a game, football, footballers, american football, american footballers, football players, coach, coaching, motivate, motivation, motivates, motivating, bring your a game, a game, unperformed, underperform, underperforming, effort, mediocre, mediocrity, push, pushing, inspire, inspiring, rally, rallying, confusion, homophones, coached, plan, planning, tactic, tactics, strategy, strategies"Still, diving for it would look good on my college application.
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black culture, appropriate, appropriates, appropriating, appropriation, cultural appropriation, african american, african americans, gentrify, gentrifies, gentrifying, gentrification, steal, steals, stealing, co-opt, co-opts, co-opting, lazy, laziness, motivate, motivates, motivating, motivation, racial divide, racial division, racial divisions, cool, coolness"So, what inspired you to study engineering, get married, find a job, move to the suburbs, have a couple of kids, and grow old?"
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apologize, apologizes, apologizing, mess, messes, messy, bar, barns, barnyard, barnyards, sod, sod house, sod houses, prairie, prairies, move, moves, moving, move house, moving house, home, homes, farmer, farmers, farming, embarrassed, embarrassment, embarrassing, embarrass, humiliate, humiliates, humiliating, humiliation, unkempt, real estate, hillbilly, hillbillies, impetus, motivation, motivate, motivates, motivating"I always choose immediate gratification over vague rewards at some unspecified time in the future."
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couple, couples, husband and wife, husbands and wives, marriages, writer, writers, author, authors, novelist, novelists, failed writer, failed writers, writers block, writer's block, creative block, creative blocks, long term relationship, long term relationship, long-term relationships, motivation, motivating, pep talk, pep talks, encouragement, encouraging"What's my motivation?"
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motivate, motivates, motivation, motivating, film crew, film crews, interview, interviews, interviewing, television, tv, monster, monsters, fictional, fiction, disaster, disasters, world disaster, world disasters, apocalypse, apocalypses, film, films, news, goal, goals"Me? I'm just here for the babes."
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opera, operas, operetta, operettas, musical, musicals, toy soldier, toy soldiers, babes in toyland, toyland, babe, babes, toy, toys, double meaning, double meanings, christmas, christmas movie, christmas movies, christmas film, christmas films, motivate, motivates, motivation, motivations, motivating, entrance, entrances, play, plays, playhouse, playhouses, theatre, theatres, theater, theatersYour reward is basically joyless monotony. At least you're alive. For now.
"The fact that you've rolled up your sleeves since our last talk has been noted, Parminger. However, there's still something I'd like to discuss with you."
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roll up your sleeves, rolling up your sleeves, faux pas, fashion faux pas, fashion no-no, fashion dos, fashion don'ts, metaphor, metaphors, metaphorical, pep talk, pep talks, literal, literally, literal interpretation, literal interpretations, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpretations, motivate, motivates, motivating, manager, managers, management"It's the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and bases loaded, and you're in the batter's box doing situps for some reason."
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sport, sports, fan, fans, baseball, player, players, athlete, athletes, bottom of the ninth, ninth inning, ninth innings, outs, bases loaded, batter, batters, batter's box, sit-up, sit-ups, situp, situps, gym, gyms, fitness club, fitness clubs, health club, health clubs, fitness centre, fitness centres, fitness center, fitness centers, exercise, fitness, exercising, working out, personal trainer, personal trainers, trainer, trainers, personal training, training, motivation, motivating'It certainly didn't take Charlie very long after his promotion to grow an impressive set of claws, did it?'
'I like to reward my employees for doing a good job. That's why I keep treats in my pockets when I walk past the cubicles.'
"Our planet has run out of cocaine."
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cocaine, coke, cocaine addict, cocaine addicts, cocaine addiction, drug, drugs, drug addict, drug addicts, drug addiction, addict, addicts, need, needs, addiction, addictions, drug abuse, drug abuser, drug abusers, abusing, ufo, ufos, alien, aliens, search, searches, searching, motivate, motivates, motivating, motivation, great lengths, going to great lengths, user, usersA dog brings a man his slippers, and receives a tip.
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tip, tips, tipping, tipping money, dog, dogs, slipper, slippers, fetch, fetches, fetching, dog trick, dog tricks, obedient, obedience, obedience school, obedience schools, train, trains, training, trainer, trainers, profit, profits, motive, motives, motivation, motivations, motivating, make money, makes money, greed, greedy, greediness, best friend, man's best friend'Before I show you where you'll be working, let me just say that some companies use money as an incentive. I use Vito here.'
'I just don't get it. The new motivational posters aren't helping at all!'
Motivational Artwork - "I'm looking for something along the lines of Work or Else."
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