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There still is a war on women in terms of politicians in Washington and the state legislatures trying to eliminate any rights we have fought to win and that the Supreme Court has afforded us.

Gloria Allred

But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Who would be willing to put up with less than the desired result, if they could afford to have it done properly?

The Extremely Successful Salesman's Club

...that witchcraft requires no potions, familiar spirits, or magic wands. Language upon a silver tongue affords enchantment enough.

The Enchantress Of Florence

Men in their position cannot afford to seem anxious about anything. You know that’s a sign of weakness.

The Four Corners, a Sicilian Story

…numerical precision is the very soul of science, and its attainment affords the best, perhaps the only criterion of the truth of theories and the correctness of experiments.

On Growth and Form

If this was the best wine that Jim and Nora could afford or, worse, if this was their idea of a good wine - well, sadly, then they were better off dead.

Breathless

Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can afford the time for such diversion later in life.

George Andrew Olah

With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean we can make complicated, beautifully crafted and cinematic films about real-life stories.

Lucy Walker

No matter what it is you are cooking, buy the best ingredients you can afford. I don't care if it's a simple salad or Beef Wellington. A quality product stands alone and won't need any dressing up.

Joe Bastianich

The problem with fine art is that in most cases people have to make a special excursion to go and look at it: they can't afford to own it. So it isn't really part of their life in the way that music can be.

Brian Eno

The ultimate art form of fashion is couture. I completely geek out when it comes to couture. It shows fashion as it used to be. I don't know how many people can actually afford the clothes, but in a way, that's beside the point.

Diane Kruger

When people can afford necessities in life, an increase in income dones not result in a significantly happier life.

59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

Alma Mater

Saying good-bye properly afforded me a measure of peace. It was a binding of a different sort, absent of the earth's power, but still hard proof that there is magic yet in the world.

Hammered

If you knew how the journey was going to end, you could afford to be patient along the path.

Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence

You're mortal, and only a mortal can afford to be romantic. When we conquered death, we murdered love.

Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales

The rich can afford to be progressive. Poor people have reason to be afraid of the future.

Lake Wobegon Days

Sales is the art of giving people what they don’t know they want, when they don’t think they’ll need it, at a price they don’t think they can afford.

Sleepwalking is restercise

I don't have so many friends that I can afford to turn my back on any of them.

Terrier