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To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please. — Richard Baxter
He thought about how it might be to be, say, a fox confronted with an angry sheep. A sheep moreover, that could afford to employ… — Terry Pratchett
The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial. — Oscar Wilde
There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can. — Mark Twain
Technology to wipe out truth is now available. Not everybody can afford it but it's available. When the cost comes down, look out! — Bob Dylan
Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there… — Julia Child
Anyone who still wants to experience fairytales these days can’t afford to dither when it comes to using their brains. — Robert Musil
Sheep are not the docile, pleasant creatures of the pastoral idyll. Any countryman will tell you that. They are sly, occasionally vicious, pathologically stupid. The… — Joanne Harris
If you identify with a mental position, then if you are wrong, your mind-based sense of self is seriously threatened with annihilation. So you as… — Eckhart Tolle
Fate is a ladder on which you cannot afford to miss a single rung. To skip out on even one step would mean you'll never… — Banana Yoshimoto
perhaps I possess a certain Midwestern sensibility that I inherited from my mother and her parents, a sensibility that Warren Buffet seems to share: that… — Barack Obama
To Trin Tragula's horror, the shock completely annihilated her brain; but to his satisfaction he realized that he had proved conclusively that if life is… — Douglas Adams
You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I must look after… — Libba Bray
I once heard my mother tell my sister love only comes at a price, there's no way around it. You give up parts of yourself… — Christopher Barzak
The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather,… — Michelle Obama
no man who is resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention, still less can he afford to take the… — Abraham Lincoln
You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything, and I am the man walking briskly by, tossing a… — Dave Eggers
I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I'd never have. Burn the Amazon rain forests. Pump chlorofluorocarbons straight up to gobble the ozone. Open the dump… — Chuck Palahniuk
It turned out I was pretty good in science. But again, because of the small budget, in science class we couldn't afford to do experiments… — George Carlin
Do you take pride in your hurt?' Samuel asked. 'Does it make you seem large and tragic? . . . Maybe you're playing a part… — John Steinbeck
Remember, then, that whoever does not mean good is always in danger of harm. But I try to give everybody fair play, and those that… — George MacDonald
Somebody has to go polish the stars, They're looking a little bit dull. Somebody has to go polish the stars, For the eagles and starlings… — Shel Silverstein
Let every book-worm, when in any fragrant, scarce old tome, he discovers a sentence, a story, an illustration, that does his heart good, hasten to… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They… — Michael Ondaatje
Not everyone can afford to eat well in America, which is a literal shame, but most of us can: Americans spend less than 10 percent… — Michael Pollan

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