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After about six months, I told my mother that I wanted the lessons to stop, and she was intelligent enough not to force me to… — Georg Solti
Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over… — Tim Robbins
Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty. — Unknown Author
The mythology about the UN is absolutely breathtaking. People believe it costs a great deal of money to the United States. Completely untrue: it doesn't.… — Unknown Author
Torture is senseless violence, born in fear... torture costs human lives but does not save them. We would almost be too lucky if these crimes… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Utilities used deregulation to effect a series of mergers limiting competition. In order to accelerate profits, cost cutting ensued, involving the layoff of thousands of… — Dennis Kucinich
Growth isn't free it always has a cost... — Unknown Author
When you're in a commodity business, the only way to thrive is to be a low-cost producer. And when you're selling money, you're in a… — Duff McDonald
We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented… — Ed Markey
First of all, the Social Security money belongs to Main Street, not to Wall Street. It needs to be said very clearly here that privatization… — Dennis Kucinich
Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give. Their hearts are set on pleasing and cheering the person to whom the gift… — Julian of Norwich
Every time I go into a new venture, I find a "rabbi" who has the business acumen to help me understand the mechanics of that… — Russell Simmons
The various Social Security privatization schemes, full and partial, would cost both the 'social' - that is the public, cooperative, societal - element of the… — Ralph Nader
No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you. — W. Somerset Maugham
I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars and that's a luxury I cannot afford. — Pablo Picasso
We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest… — George McGovern
Pearl Harbor is strenuously respectful of contemporary sensitivities, sometimes at the cost of accuracy. — A. O. Scott
It follows that acceleration in the rate of change will result in an increasing need for reorganization. Reorganization is usually feared, because it means disturbance… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The Truth must be told at all costs, no matter how unpopular it may be. The authentic spiritual leader, having freed himself of his own… — Vernon Howard
Imagine sitting down to an eight ounce steak, and then, imagine the room filled wit 45 to 50 people with empty bowls...For the feed cost… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
As a final crash of self-indulgent nonsense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost your political party… — Keith Olbermann
You seldom improve quality by cutting costs, but you can often cut costs by improving quality. — Karl Albrecht
The more people are involved in a given task, the more potential agreements need to be negotiated to do anything, and the greater the transaction… — Clay Shirky
A firm is successful when the costs of directing employee effort are lower than the potential gain from directing. — Clay Shirky
The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration… — Jim Cooper

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