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I wish there was some paradigm shift in the economics of independent music and we could afford to keep this going for longer. It's just kind of expensive. As long as we're still having a really good time and as long as we're good friends, this seems like the perfect time to not necessarily quit but change the formula a little bit.

I guess in all these films, ... there is a sense that morality is a luxury that we can afford in less fraught times, but in extreme situations and extreme environments, morality becomes a very grey issue.

If we faced issues that required little more than a few turns with a Phillips screwdriver, then we perhaps could afford the luxury of political gamesmanship and the personal pleasures of some old-fashioned partisan political towel popping.

If we don't stop cutting these Medicare reimbursements, the only people who will be able to afford these treatments will be wealthy people,

I got him first with the elbow, but mine was unintentional. Of course I was not happy, but you can't afford to get suspended for something like that. I'm trying to make plays and my team needs me.

If they're trying to tell me that they can't afford $300 a week rent for the turnover they have down the strip then there's something desperately wrong with their finances.

If they can afford to spend money on that kind of thing for visitor attraction why aren't they spending the money on getting this facility going?

If we can get the deal right we will proceed but we cannot afford to take on too many players who have problems at the medical.

If we can get on the podium, then it will be hard to lose my advantage. I can still afford some bad races and not lose the lead.

I have crooked toes from wearing boots that didn't fit me because that's all I could afford as a kid.

I'd like to ask the folks who did the analysis to come forward with the report that we can't afford to be compassionate anymore, ... Where is the report from Supervisor Waterston and Perea that shows the rest of this county that we can't afford to be compassionate?

I'd like anybody to do something, because people like me can't afford it. I'm on a fixed income.

I don't come from a lot of money and wasn't going to get an academic scholarship, so the only way to afford an education was to allow the military to supplement it.

I'd love to help out, but right now I can't afford to waste a single employee.

I don't know what it is. We can't afford to start a game like that. Fortunately we were still close when we finally got going. It's something we have to learn from.

I don't agree that wireless is an adequate substitute for all customers. Cable competition and (Internet phones) require you to have a high-speed Internet connection, and a lot of people can't afford that.

I do not want to see us make an irreparable mistake in one of America's remaining national treasures, ... We can afford to forego this momentary revenue, but we can't afford not to protect this Arctic Eden.

Ideal candidates would be those who can afford to pay a little more now with the hope of long-term savings down the road, helped out a little by the tax savings on the initial investment.

I can afford to live anywhere else and I choose to stay here, and I am now raising my newborn child here.

I always wanted to have it on my house, but we could never afford it.

I am grateful for the willingness of both Jurgen Klinsmann and Everton manager Roberto Martinez to afford me the opportunity to spend time with my kids.

I am a person of principles, not of money. I do not think I can afford a luxury of principles like I did in the past.

I believe you need to stay open longer. I come in and work at night. But a lot of businesses close because they can't afford the help.

I am really proud of my side. We stepped up in the first half and it was like playing at home. It was all I could have hoped for. Now we have three games left and can afford to lose one and still win the title.

CEOs of many corporations have begun to get the message that if the federal government continues to cut back on research funding, then this innovation is not going to happen any more, because these companies cannot afford to fund all the basic exploratory research that's needed at the front end.

CBS failed with David Lee Roth and they can't afford to take any more chances.

Capuano had too many walks. We have been struggling to get runs, and we just can't afford to put runners on base. He just struggled all day long.

But we had Sean Carney and Brian Beckwith. We couldn't afford another setter. He made a good choice going to Santa Barbara. He's a nice player.

But they were gathering dust in some courthouse basement. These things were technically accessible, but unless you had a lot of time or could afford to hire a private detective to go look this stuff up, they were effectively secret from you.

But that's not the case anymore. You can't afford to take the West Coast off.

But the challenge is making sure that everyone understands that if police, teachers and firefighters can't afford housing, the janitors, clerks and maids can't afford housing either. They may not be saving your life, but we can't have a community without them.

But as soon as we could afford to move back here, we did. We were raised here, and this will always be home.

But, as ever, with each minimum wage increase comes the predictable wave of protests from business saying that it cannot afford another rise.

Based upon early indications, we are not going to be able to afford what they are charging. The numbers they are talking are so extraordinary. It would be imprudent.

Basically, we're going to either have a hollow force or a truncated force structure -- the message here is that we couldn't really afford Iraq and our current military. If Boeing and Lockheed Martin aren't thinking like that in public, they are in private.

Basically this is for people who can afford a house, but for one reason or another, don't want to have one.

Basically, I enjoy working here, it's just too much responsibility for the income. They won't give Nancy a raise and I can't afford to work for the same thing forever. I do the same thing as a regular federal postal employee, and they make about triple what I do. I don't have any benefits. I have to do what's right for me.

China's per capita GDP has topped 1,000 US dollars, which means a growing number of Chinese citizens will be able to afford private cars and the auto industry will outgrow the country's GDP,

China is a huge market, and as a soon-to-be-public company, Google could not afford to sit on the sidelines as competitors charge into the region.

I'm a student so I can't afford that. That's too much money. But the people over there in the season ticket seats should go. I'm sure some of them could afford it.

Imagine the doctor who built an office next to a Ford factory. If the workers lose their jobs and those benefit plans disappear, this doctor isn't going to be able to afford his office.

I have been devaluing my time for years based on the theory that one day I won't be able to afford to work.

I have a poverty demon. I'll ask my accountant if I can afford something, and he'll say, 'What are you talking about?'

I have, I think to do a play a year is very good if you can afford the time and the energy because it's difficult to do, it's really the actors medium of course, because you're really out there and nobody's yelling cut so, yeah I have.

I had said before that I would only be in favor of this if the money would be used for economic development, ... Downtown improvements are a big factor here. A lot of people move here because of what they see downtown. We can't afford to rest on our laurels.

I give Lewisburg credit. They came out fired up in the first half, and we knew they would be fired up. We were in the ultimate letdown spot. But the kids know in District 4 Class AA that you can't afford a hiccup any week, and we didn't want to end our season tonight against Lewisburg.

If ordinary citizens could use their Senate seats to receive $80 million in state contracts, we could all afford to put $2 million into our campaigns.

Groups of boats, still lashed together on the dock, they're just sitting up there out of the water. It's a problem. Nice boats, too; and before that, they couldn't even afford to fish. It was horrible.

Given the massive catastrophe losses absorbed by insurers in nine-months 2005, the increase in income and surplus during the first three quarters of the year is a testament to the underlying financial health of the industry. But we can't afford to lose sight of the fact that, as bad as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were, insurers and the public remain exposed to far more devastating catastrophes that could strain insurers' ability to fulfill their obligations to policyholders. According to PCS, Hurricane Katrina caused a record $38.1 billion in direct insured losses to property. But catastrophe modeling by AIR Worldwide shows we face the prospect of hurricanes causing more than $100 billion in damage. Even as we applaud insurers' success coping with the catastrophes of 2005, we must do more to assure that insurers and the people they serve will survive when even more devastating storms strike.

Given the increasing competition from Microsoft and Nintendo, Sony can't afford any delays that may help its rivals get ahead.

French people should be prioritised; clandestine immigrants get 100 per cent refund on healthcare while two-thirds of French people can't afford medical help. Charity begins at home.

For years, the poor, poor people of Los Angeles county were between a rock and a hard place of having to buy insurance, but not being able to afford it.

From '70 to '73 I'd had a sextet, but the band was not self-supporting and I couldn't afford it, so I broke it up. And then I didn't know what kind of music I wanted to do, because I was just fed up to here with it. It wasn't fulfilling anymore.

If a physician has higher costs than the revenue they bring in, it may be a blessing if they move their patients to our competitor. As an organization, we work very diligently at creating the best environment in our service area for our patients, our medical staff and our employees so when a physician moves his practice, it is at risk of reducing their patient load or the quality of care provided to the patient. We endeavor to work closely with our medical staff by providing data or resources necessary to develop positive outcomes for all. My personal desire is always to provide physicians with whatever product they need to practice but in return, we ask for their support in dealing with vendors in such a way that not only allows the physician a choice of product but also afford us a fair return on investment.

If after two years we decide we can't afford to maintain another property, we will wash our hands of it.

If a dog owner can buy himself a sweater for $600, he can certainly afford an expensive wardrobe for his pet.

I don't want it to end until it's my time. I don't want to have to give it up because I can't afford to do it.

I don't understand it. If you can't afford the horses, you need to do something. If you don't have time to care for them, you need to do something. Why would you starve an animal?

for the sake of our children and our grandchildren, we can't afford to let this fail.

For those students who still have unmet needs and families who can't afford to contribute, the Perkins Loans fill in the gap.

For too long, access to some schools has only been open to those who could afford to buy an expensive house next to a good school, while the rest were told to accept what they'd been given,

For most, the largest asset is their home. This becomes a sentimental issue, I know, but if you're holding on to a home that you can no longer afford - or you need the liquidity - you need to think about solutions. One might be to bring in a tenant or roommate; a more drastic measure is to sell the home and downsize.

Giving pieces of ourselves away and taking money away from those who can least afford it; it's almost like self-cannibalization.

If it's not complete, we will have to keep asking follow-up questions, ... If you do a tight budget, which we do, you can't afford late things.

If we lose this thing called 'aloha,' we're just like any sand-and-surf destination. I don't believe we can afford to go there.

If the checks aren't done, then that's a mistake. You can't afford to take the risk with officer-level positions in public companies.

If the family can afford to stay around to get their kids in kindergarten, they have probably found a way to do the housing thing.

If the American people paid attention tonight, they know that those who keep saying 'we can't afford a tax cut,' just don't want to give the money back to the American people,

If that took place, we understand the penalties. We understand somebody being taken out of the game. Sean is so valuable to us. I had a long talk with him afterward, and he understands that. He's all football. He wants to play. He's one of our leaders. He's had an outstanding year. He's very valuable to us. We can't afford to lose somebody like that.

He had another surgery and his hand appears to be fine. He can't afford to break it again. I think he knows that this is it. He's been cleared by his doctors and by the (New York) commission. We're hoping for the best.

He had some phenomenal games and some that weren't so phenomenal. He wasn't as consistent as last year, and we couldn't afford for him to be inconsistent.

He had some interceptions on the first day of spring, and we told him we can't afford them. He did a good job all spring, until today.

He hasn't complained one time. We were hoping to sit him down for two weeks so it could heal a little but we couldn't afford to do it.

He has to learn how to take care of the ball while still being aggressive. You can't just do quarterback sneaks all the time and win, but we can't afford turnovers.

We can ill afford to spend all this money defending what the superintendent is calling 'just a philosophy class.

This wasn't one of our better efforts and you can't afford to come out with less than your best effort against a team like H-F.

There is a growing backlash against compliance. While the big boys may be able to afford it, the majority can't. To them, the risk of deleting it is far less than the price of complying.

There is going to be a large volume of water brought to the surface in the process. We can't afford to waste that water.

The people putting on your roof, your teachers, the nurses in your hospitals those are the people that are living there because it's what they can afford as they start out.

We just have to keep winning. We can't afford any more losses, that's for sure.

We took this action because we are determined to achieve competitiveness for Delphi's core United States operations. We simply cannot afford to continue to be encumbered by high legacy issues and burdensome restrictions under current labor agreements that impair our ability to compete.

We're now able to afford to put athletes on the development circuits as we should ... create international experience earlier in their careers.

What is disappointing is that we have to choose, or pay big money to have one of each. I suspect that decision will drive me to indecision and I will wait on the sidelines until the price drops enough where I can afford one of each or a combo unit. However, if enough of my favorite movies are available on one format or the other, then that might drive me to purchase one sooner.

With more buyers than sellers nationally, what we're seeing is a natural pressure on home prices as buyers compete to bid on available properties. Fortunately, the historically low cost of debt service on a home purchase means that we have a comfortable buffer in most of the country because the typical family can afford to buy a home well above the median price.

With Medicare premiums having increased by over 50 percent in the past three years, do we really want hundreds of thousands of seniors no longer able to afford to see their doctors?

We, the Heads of State and Government, owe this to coming generations. We cannot afford to fail. We need to find collective solution based on the rule of law. And for this, we need a stronger United Nations,

We are facing a public health timebomb and can't afford to be complacent about waist size.

Today, 45 million Americans cannot afford a Cadillac health insurance policy with all the mandated benefits, ... However, they might be able to afford a more modest vehicle that would get them to their doctor's office for a diagnosis . . . and recommendations to improve their quality of life.

What you're seeing is a huge expenditure of federal money - far more than anybody can afford - and you simply will be reproducing the same problems on a much grander scale.

Hers was a small-town practice. She knew a lot of her patients. Most had no insurance and therefore could not afford the tests the state's experts said they needed to do.

Here they can afford it, because when you come to FISH you get a complete medical check.

He's got Pro Bowl ability. Obviously, he's a guy we really couldn't afford to lose.

He's kind of a quiet guy, kind of like a silent assassin. But when he steps out on the court, he's trying to show more emotion. Going into his senior year, he needs to be more vocal with his team. Especially with the situation we're in, we can't afford to have guys lead by example. We have to have guys step up and voice their opinions.

He's been battling it for a week to 10 days. We don't anticipate it being a big issue. If this was the regular season you wouldn't even know about it. With an off-day and everything, we could afford to give him some rest.

Hopefully we learned a lesson tonight. In our conference, we can't afford to take anybody for granted.

Hopefully we can get them a house soon. But finding a place they can afford and one that's big enough is pretty tough.

Hopefully we all got the message and learned that we can't afford not to be ready to play. We've got some special things we're going to work on to drive that point home.

There aren't enough members to pay for that YMCA. We can't afford to be there.

We messed around for two games and dug ourselves in a hole already. We can't afford to dig ourselves in any deeper holes.

We make small fixes with programs to emphasize key areas, but we don't think strategically about the bigger picture, ... We can't afford to leave the future of our nation's higher education community to chance.