My father died when I was young and I was raised by my grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. We could afford to eat chicken just once a year, on Christmas.
My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the evening to make it possible so I can play tennis. We had to cancel tournaments because we couldn't afford to go there.
Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education.
Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.
The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students.
I find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available.
My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun.
I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.
No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
I was probably singing before I could talk. Musical theater is my passion. If I could afford it, I would just do dinner theater and live a simple life.
I've been fascinated with all kinds of weapons my whole life, and as I have been able to afford to acquire pieces, here and there I started to collect.
In today's world, learning has become the key to economic prosperity, social cohesion and personal fulfillment. We can no longer afford to educate the few to think, and the many to do.
Now we're doing it for different reasons. We're doing it to bring back the families to the game, people who love the game, and make it an affordable night's entertainment.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
I'd wear all APC if I could afford it and wasn't embarrassing to go head-to-toe in one brand.
The privilege of struggling artists is ... the life being buried in what we can't really afford of* what a gorgeous life!!
The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs.
We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions.
We can't afford to go down the dead end roads of Parliamentary Socialism or Fascistic Bolshevism.
I don't think it's any secret I've never been an advocate for the Affordable Care Act.
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.
