Microfinance initiatives are very high-touch models. The loan officer meets with local groups of borrowers every week, they share tips and techniques. There's a lot of training and learning that goes on, which adds to the cost of the model.
I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.
The Australian accent is sort of like going down a step in smartness, you could say, because you guys pronounce things as they're spelled. We add and abbreviate stuff.
To my mind, one does not put oneself in place of the past; one only adds a new link.
I can recommend wearing blue mascara whilst writing. I'm telling you, it really adds something.
He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
Storytellers seldom let facts get in the way of perpetuating a legend, although a few facts add seasoning and make the legend more believable.
At the end, life is a journey with an unknown destination, but we add value to life with love, imagination, and creation.
Scatter soaked hardwood chunks over your coals for a quick and easy way to add a smoky nuance to your grilled foods.
It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.
I know that some girls look up to me for certain things, like dyslexia, and that way I know that they like me for me, so it adds no pressure.
From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.
My laziness is really profound. I'm really interested in where it comes from - it almost feels chemical. And we've all got ADD now, short attention span and all that.
Every man, woman and child consumes, on average, 43 teaspoons of sugar a day. In 13 days, that adds up to a five-pound bag of sugar.
Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children.
To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism in the world - for a cheap working slave.
I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.
