I am quite proud that I managed to prove that you don't have to be able to afford drama school or have the right connections to do well.

No company can afford not to move forward. It may be at the top of the heap today but at the bottom of the heap tomorrow, if it doesn't.

The stock market is for people who live in Manhattan and summer in the Hamptons, for people who can afford fancy cars - a Mercedes, say.

The joy which answers to prayer give, cannot be described; and the impetus which they afford to the spiritual life is exceedingly great.

Only if everyone buys insurance can insurers afford to cover people with preexisting conditions or pay the costs of catastrophic diseases.

We cannot afford to regard as normal the presence of injustice, inhumanity, and violence, including their verbal and cyber manifestations.

I don't wear diamond necklaces. I'm not against it but I never could afford it, so now I just wear gold. I wear bracelets, rings, anklets.

We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

There's a tendency to think that young designers only do fantasy fashion, but I'm more interested in making clothes that women can afford.

One of the strengths of our nation has always been a strong middle class who could afford their own homes and send their children to school.

America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it.

It's this upside-down world that we live in where we afford political correctness to the most intolerant group of individuals on the planet.

We went on 'Fallon' and they had like one hundred-plus employees working on one show, and it's like, I can't afford more than two employees.

The problem is not that the PC you need always costs more than you can afford. The problem is that whatever the price, it is still too much.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

It means I wake up to sunshine every morning, and I can afford to drink better wine at night. But I haven't completely sold out to Hollywood.

Part of this country's problem is that people from New York City - Wall Streeters - don't think about the little guy who can't afford things.

An independent Scotland could afford pensions full stop - after all, it is our taxes and national insurance contributions that fund them now.

We simply cannot afford to allow our government to go unscrutinised, most of all in amid the bleak seeming imperatives of the 'war on terror'.

We can't afford to let high performing talent just walk away from our companies without providing an opportunity to work through family needs.

If you're going out for a meal with friends, and they say they can't afford to go to such and such a place, you can't force them to afford it.

The wealthiest can afford to pay more in taxes. That's a part of the deal. That makes sense. I don't know anyone that doesn't agree with that.

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.

The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.

I don't do films for charity any more. In the past, I've done that for friends or people who couldn't not afford to pay. But now money matters.

I don't feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you've got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don't buy too much.

The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing.

All my fans saw me as some little kid who can't even afford new jeans in his room, so they'll support me. That'll work until I become a success.

As soon as we find a cure, we will utilize any of the donations to go toward providing medication to those who can't afford it. That is my goal.

I was fitting kitchens before I could afford not to - so I was still fitting kitchens whilst the first series of The Inbetweeners was coming out.

Obamacare is making people divorce so they can afford it. And divorce hurts women and the children, and that is Obamacare and their War on Women.

A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter.

Once I'm satisfied and I've made enough money where I can afford to live in Malibu, because it's very expensive, I will definitely be back there.

When you're writing in big block paragraphs, you can afford to have a redundant sentence now and then, but the Twitter format requires concision.

When I was a kid, I remember the fear of going into big brand stores. You didn't want to go in because you felt like you couldn't afford anything.

Consider a 15- or 20-year fixed-rate mortgage instead of a 30-year, if you can afford the monthly payments - they may not be as high as you think.

The most common reason new mothers return to work sooner than they'd like to is because they can't afford to go without their salaries any longer.

Let's be honest: It wasn't just the banks who messed up. There were a lot of people who tried to buy assets they couldn't afford. That's a reality.

So we know that it's not enough for us to simply encourage more people to study abroad. We also need to make sure that they can actually afford it.

Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in the hands of the fathers.

Decent wages keep people out of homeless shelters. Decent wages allow families to afford books and, I don't know, school fees and things like that.

A permanent, growing fund for student aid will help all Oregonians afford needed education and training and build a path towards a stronger future.

My father had left school at 18, without enough money to go to college - and, with four sons after the war, said he could still not afford to do so.

My wife is always by far the best-dressed person anywhere we go. And remember, we are surrounded by rich people who can afford to buy £20,000 gowns.

The Internet moves very fast. In the old world, we could afford to sit and analyze forever. But in the new world, the first mover has the advantage.

We cannot afford the EPA's continued expansion of red tape that is slowing economic growth and threatening to entangle millions of small businesses.

We can't stop a baby in Africa from starving to death... but we can afford enough technology and weaponry to blow the world up a million times over.

Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.

Poor families are living above their means, in apartments they cannot afford. The thing is, those apartments are already at the bottom of the market.

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