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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane.
It is not only the people of Gaza that can't afford having a fourth war - all the world cannot afford this.
I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.
80 percent of learning is visual, so children who can't afford vision correction are at such a disadvantage.
We can afford to pay workers fairly, and it is the right thing to do. We also need equal pay for equal work.
I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!
Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.
The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs.
Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car.
I did learn Chinese kung-fu in a school for a short time, but I couldn't afford to pay for long-term learning.
When I was a kid in Houston, we were so poor we couldn't afford the last 2 letters, so we called ourselves po'.
For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.
I believe that a university education should be free as it is unfair on people who cannot afford to pay for it.
Unless you are wealthy, you cannot afford to act or direct one play and remain unemployed the rest of the time.
That's what we're all about: delivering a really comfortable VR experience that everybody can enjoy and afford.
After the Dirk Pitt books became best-sellers, I could afford to buy the more exotic examples of classic autos.
Health care missed the PC and Internet revolutions, but it can't afford to miss the cloud and mobile revolution.
I didn't decide I was crazy until 1952. That's when I began making a steady salary and could afford to be crazy.
I fear debt. I don't like being indebted to banks. I have a rule in life that I will get it when I can afford it.
If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now.
We cannot afford four more years of this misguided socialist policies from President Obama and his administration.
Twitter can afford to build the wrong things. However, Twitter cannot afford to build the right things too slowly.
Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.
I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions.
I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.
The people who ask me for my autograph are the people who've put me here today, and you can't afford to forget that.
I knew I could do anything I wanted to do and go anywhere I wanted to go and not have to worry if I could afford it.
A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
Clean air shouldn't be a privilege dictated by where you can afford to live but a right to which we are all entitled.
When enacted, health care reform provides generous tax credits to help people afford their health insurance premiums.
Investors have to ask themselves two questions. How much can we grow our investments? And, can we afford our mistakes?
I have a poverty demon. I'll ask my accountant if I can afford something, and he'll say, 'What are you talking about?'
Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work together, but will they?
Somehow, we fall in love with the films and don't want to let go, but financially and physically, we cannot afford it.
You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way.
We cannot afford to spend millions and millions over nuclear arms when there is poverty and unemployment all around us.
Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.
The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age.
We cannot afford to exclude any vision - any way of looking at the world - that human beings have invented for ourselves.
I was in a band when I was 15. We were a glam band. Then I couldn't afford to buy makeup. At the time that was the thing.
If you want a good education, go to private schools. If you can't afford it, tough luck. You can go to the public school.
People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.
No mother, or father, should despair over whether or not they can afford - or access - the health care their child needs.
Some countries have more water than others - some can afford to use clean water to flush their poop away, and some can't.
I believe health care is a right, not a privilege, not something only the wealthiest 1 percent can afford it should have.
The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas?
In an age of exponential change, we need the power of diverse thinking, and we cannot afford to leave any talent untapped.