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• If you want to be a writer, all you need is a piece of paper and a pencil, and I had a manual typewriter. It doesn't cost money to write. It costs money to make art. So I would just write. I would hand out stories in the classes in high school. And the teacher would say, "Whatever you do, don't become a writer."

  Tama Janowitz

  Teacher, Art, Writing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what's going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.

  Abdallah II

  Country, Example, Different

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• There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.

  Franklin P. Adams

  Country, Cigar, Trouble

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

  John Adams

  Freedom, Patriotic, History

  Abigail Adams, John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline (1975). “The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784”, p.173, UPNE

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• The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money.

  Ben Affleck

  Actors, Done, Benefits

  "Oscar: Ben Affleck Q&A On 'The Town'". Interview with Mike Fleming Jr, deadline.com. November 26, 2010.

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• For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese or roast beef, which you will enjoy much more.

  Steve Albini

  Air, Coke, Bread

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• No one thinks of how much blood it costs.

  Dante Alighieri

  Thinking, Blood

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• What you get free costs too much.

  Jean Anouilh

  Life, Success, Too Much

  Jean Anouilh, Lillian Hellman (1999). “The Lark”, p.29, Dramatists Play Service Inc

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• I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com.

  Piers Anthony

  Book, Self, Amazon

  Interview with Dag Rambraut, www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

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• Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

  Corazon Aquino

  Peace, Justice For All, Diversity

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• Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the opera - or an NHL game.

  Margaret Atwood

  Book, Nhl, Games

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• I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

  Paul Auster

  Hate, Thinking, Age

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• The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs.

  Joe Baca

  School, Issues, Challenges

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• For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes.

  Bob Beauprez

  Running, Country, Home

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• The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.

  Brendan Behan

  Funny, Marriage, Sexy

  "Readers recommend: songs about prostitution" by Peter Kimpton, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2014.

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• Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective.

  Ben Bernanke

  Government, Effort, Trying

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• Not all my shoes are designer. In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2. I'm attracted to things rather than labels.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  Shoes, Clothes, Labels

  "The close-up". Interview with Imogen Fox, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2007.

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• Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location.

  Jeff Bezos

  Real, Keys, Location

  "Online Extra: Q&A with Amazon's Jeff Bezos". Interview with Robert D. Hof, www.bloomberg.com. August 2, 2004.

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• On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It's very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big.

  Jeff Bezos

  Two, Variables, Size

  "Online Extra: Q&A with Amazon's Jeff Bezos". Interview with Robert D. Hof, www.bloomberg.com. March 26, 2001.

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• However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising and will continue to rise as the administration's policies force inflation.

  Tim Bishop

  President, Rising, Tuition

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• A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy.

  Rod Blagojevich

  Successful, Skills, Focus

  "Gov. Blagojevich Announces Major Opportunity Returns Investment to Bring Leading Manufacturer and 480 Jobs to Macomb". Illinois Government Network, February 22, 2005.

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• Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.

  Manolo Blahnik

  Fashion, Divorce, Men

  "Head Over Heels for Manolo Blahnik" by Lisa Armstrong, www.harpersbazaar.com. September 23, 2010.

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• China is investing in factories in Eastern Europe, not because their labor costs are lower, but because they want to be closer to their markets.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Europe, Investing, Want

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• We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Health, Cities, Care

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• I talked to a lot of employers who just are, are fearful of what's coming next out of Washington. It's all the spending, it's all the debt. It's their national energy tax, they want to call it cap and trade - more mandates, higher costs, more taxes. Their healthcare bill - more mandates, higher costs, higher taxes.

  John Boehner

  Energy, Debt, Want

  "Interviews with Leader Boehner & Carol Browner". "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 8, 2010.

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