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This is a precious possession which we cannot afford to tarnish, but society always is attempting to make the physician into a killer to kill… — Margaret Mead
Actually, there is a sense in which polygynous marriage has not been the historical norm - even where polygyny is permitted, multiple wives are generally… — Robert Wright
The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers. It is… — Joseph Story
Gratefulness is a payment everyone can afford. — Michael Josephson
We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful. — Dag Hammarskjold
And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to… — George Washington
Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of… — Marshall McLuhan
We can't afford to waste time going slow on changing our party so now is not the time to put our foot on the brake.… — David Cameron
In the long run, the power of kindness can redeem beyond the power of force to destroy. There is a vast reservoir of kindness that… — Unknown Author
When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world. — John Goodman
The rich man can afford to be happy and wise; the poor man is wiser still, for he understands sadness. — Unknown Author
No one who really wants to count for God can afford to play at Christianity. — Henry Allen Ironside
No one should be held back from realising their potential by fears that they will not be able to afford to go to university or… — Gordon Brown
Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be… — Barack Obama
I love America, but I can't spend the whole year here. I can't afford the taxes — Mick Jagger
Lions cannot afford to hunt mice because they literally will starve to death, even if they catch them. Lions and all large carnivores have to… — Newt Gingrich
You know, in a workplace, when you shrink the size of a workforce, there is pain there. But there is no question: we have a… — Meg Whitman
The rich. You know why they're so odd? Because they can afford to be. — Robert Wuhl
Perhaps bacteria may tentatively be regarded as biochemical experiments; owing to their relatively small size and rapid growth, variations must arise much more frequently than… — Marjory Stephenson
The flight of most members of a profession to the high empyrean, where they can work peacefully on purely scientific problems, isolated from the turmoil… — Gerald Holton

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