It must be earned, and it takes time.

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It must be earned, but cannot be sold.

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It must be earned.

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There, leadership must be exhibited on every play for the team to have a chance at victory, but it also must be earned in the long hours of practice, strategy and introspection before a game.

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Respect must be earned -- and in our time it can be earned only if a great power's attributes include moral authority.

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Authority must be earned and thus it is important that you keenly observe how your older colleagues operate.

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Autonomy must be earned in Mr Brown's view: it is the reward for improved performance, not, as Mr Blair believes, the source of it.

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It simply is not true that reinvestment of profits must be done by the corporations that earned those profits.

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