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“If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost.”

Ifs Reason Age Able Power Cost Fundamentals Aging Sexuality Birthday Links Repression Repressed 50th Birthday

Book:The History of Sexuality: An Introduction

Source: The History of Sexuality: An Introduction

“When regulations on the housing industry are reasonable, the cost of housing goes down. Regulatory relief is needed to make housing more affordable to more Americans.”

Industry Needed Cost Reasonable Relief Regulation Housing Affordable

Author:Randy Neugebauer

“We need to be careful when we talk about cutting health care costs. They are not going to be reduced - what we really want to do is do is slow the rate of increase.”

Want Needs Care Cutting Cost Increase Rate Careful Health Care Be Careful Health Care Costs

Author:Dave Obey

“The Misfits pretty much funds the Misfits. It used to cost me money to be in the band. I think we got paid the last gig we ever did. After that, we had to work to support our families.”

Thinking Lasts Used Support Cost Band Paid Our Family Fund Gigs Misfits

Author:Gerald Caiafa

“The biographies of great artists make it abundantly clear that the creative urge is often so imperious that it battens on their humanity and yokes everything to the service of the work, even at the cost of health and ordinary human happiness. The unborn work in the psyche of the artist is a force of nature that achieves its end either with tyrannical might or with the subtle cunning of nature herself, quite regardless of the personal fate of the man who is its vehicle.”

“Lessons learned are like bridges burned you only need to cross them but once. Is the knowledge gained worth the price of the pain, are the spoils worth the cost of the hunt?”

Needs Pain Education Lessons Cost Crosses Bridges Burned Hunts Spoil Lesson Learned Knowledge Gained

Author:Dan Fogelberg

“So forget about blogs and bloggers and blogging and focus on this - the cost and difficulty of publishing absolutely anything, by anyone, into a global medium, just got a whole lot lower. And the effects of that increased pool of potential producers is going to be vast.”

Whole Funny Forget Focus Effects Cost Difficulty Mediums Producers Thoughtful Pool Publishing Blogs Blogging Bloggers

Author:Clay Shirky

“In spite of the frightful pogroms which took place, first in Poland and then in unprecedented fashion in the Ukraine, and which cost the lives of thousands of Jews, the Jewish people considered the post-war period as a messianic era. Israel, during those years, 1919-1920, rejoiced in Eastern and Southern Europe, in Northern and Southern Africa, and above all in America.”

People Years Firsts War America Fashion Periods Cost Europe Jew Israel Eras Posts Spite Southern Eastern Ukraine Unprecedented Poland Post War Southern Africa

Author:Denis Fahey

“Time spent in nature is the most cost-effective and powerful way to counteract the burnout and sort of depression that we feel when we sit in front of a computer all day.”

Way Feels Powerful Fronts Cost Computer Burnout Time Spent Burn Out

Author:Richard Louv

“If every country committed to spending 0.05 per cent of GDP on researching non-carbon-emitting energy technologies, that would cost $25 billion a year, and it would do a lot more than massive carbon cuts to fight warming and save lives.”

Ifs Years Country Fighting Energy Technology Cutting Cost Committed Spending Billions Massive Cents Carbon Gdp Save A Life

Author:Bjorn Lomborg

“The costs of marriage breakdown are borne by the entire society, and therefore it is reasonable for the entire society to demand support for marriage - to insist that it is privileged both culturally and legally.”

Support Cost Demand Reasonable Privileged Breakdown

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“I used to get my hair dyed at a place called Big Hair. It cost $15. They just used straight bleach, so my hair was the color of white lined paper, and my eyebrows looked like they were done with a thick black marker.”

Done Bigs Used Black White Color Hair Cost Paper Thick Eyebrows Markers Bleach Big Hair

Author:Amy Poehler

“We did a gig at the Marquee and we were supposed to be paid five pounds but we never got it, and it cost us something like 10 pounds in petrol to get there to do it. So what we did was steal some equipment from The Marquee.”

Five Cost Paid Stealing Supposed To Be Pounds Equipment Gigs Petrol Marquee

Author:Andy Partridge

“Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.”

People Different Sometimes Difficult Views Steps Achieve Cost Block Reduction

Author:Eckhard Pfeiffer

“Women know the financial, social and physical costs of not having access to basic health care.”

Knows Care Social Cost Financial Access Health Care

Author:Martha Plimpton

“The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues.”

Ifs Needs Political Three Growth Party Cutting Easier Cost Agree Faster Related Unemployment Political Parties Revenue Deficit

Author:John Redwood

“There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the more episodes you make, the cheaper they all are individually.”

Want Shows Certain Tvs Involved Cost Economics Episodes Tv Shows Cheaper

Author:Shawn Ryan

“As a single-payer advocate, I believe that at the end of the day, if a state goes forward and passed an effective single-payer program, it will demonstrate that you can provide quality health care to every man, woman and child in a more cost-effective way.”

Ifs Men Way Believe Children Ends States Care I Believe Quality Cost Program Every Man Health Care The End Of The Day Men Women Quality Health Care

Author:Bernie Sanders

“My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, which I was not a member of. Always had to pay my own rent. But I don't really have any concept of how money works. I don't know how much things cost. Like a BMW. Or a quart of milk. It's embarrassing.”

Knows Firsts Jobs House My Own Pay Know How Cost Members Concepts Court Clubs Tennis Grades Milk Embarrassing Clay Sweeping Yacht Sixth Grade Bmw Tennis Courts

Author:Chloe Sevigny

“No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had.”

Said Country Enough Problem Government Rich Cost Taxes British Accountants British Government

Author:Donald Sutherland

“If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn't cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.”

Ifs Looks Doe Plans Cost Providing Coverage Contraceptives

Author:Jacob Lew

“I will not promise what I cannot deliver. And I will never hide the cost of what I propose.”

Promise Cost Propose

Author:Johann Lamont

“At a moderate calculation, among a million of persons inhabiting the metropolis, there are, at least, twenty-five thousand children who attend these schools, and cost their parents as many pounds sterling, per annum.”

Children Persons School Parent Millions Five Cost Thousand Twenties Pounds Moderates Calculations Twenty Five Metropolis Sterling

Book:Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted

Source: Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted

“It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.”

Hard Impossible Cost

Author:Joel Silver

“I take the fact that films cost a lot of money very seriously, but once in a while to have somebody say, This is a big scene, take your time with it, is important. That's John Sayles.”

Important Facts Bigs Film Scene Cost Lots Of Money Take Your Time

Author:Mary Steenburgen

“It's interesting now that basically a CG set is the same cost as a real set. So like if you're going to build a CG house in the suburbs, it costs you $200,000. And if you were going to build it in a computer, it'll cost you $200,000. It's the same... the relationship is exactly the same.”

Ifs Real House Interesting Cost Computer Suburbs

Author:Zack Snyder

“If the EPA continues unabated, jobs will be shipped to China and India as energy costs skyrocket. Most of the media attention has focused on the EPA's efforts to regulate climate-change emissions, but that is just the beginning.”

Ifs Jobs Energy Effort Attention Media Cost India Climate Climate Change China Focused Emissions Epa China And India

Author:Fred Upton

“The term 'cost shifting,' as I use it, refers to those items in a university's budget that used to be reimbursed by the federal government but are no longer paid for by them.”

Use Government Used Term Cost Paid University Used To Be Budgets Federal Government Items Shifting

Author:Charles M. Vest

“We have been restraining the growth of the cost of education-that is, tuition, room and board-to be within approximately one and a half percentage points of the consumer price index.”

Has Beens Growth Rooms Half Cost Consumers Boards Percentages Tuition Restraining Cost Of Education

Author:Charles M. Vest

“I don't understand why people in this country are so bent on doing the 'perfect,' when you have something that is good and makes sense from a cost-benefit point of view.”

People Country Perfect Views Cost Benefits Point Of View Make Sense Bent

Author:George Voinovich

“With the increasing demand for oil around the world and the rising costs in Oregon and throughout the nation, we must focus on the development of alternate energy sources, especially those that are clean, efficient and renewable.”

World Energy Nations Focus Source Development Cost Demand Clean Oil Around The World Rising Efficient Oregon Energy Sources

Author:Greg Walden

“If CEOs insist that middle class Americans compete with cheap foreign labor, why not outsource the jobs of CEOs? If business is all about cost, they should be the first to volunteer.”

Ifs Should Firsts Jobs Class Middle Cost Labor Middle Class Why Not Volunteer Ceo

Author:Lou Dobbs

“In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might”

Want Life Mind Firsts Might Goal Results Cost Worthy Aspiration Aspire Prudent Weighing Make Up Your Mind Goals And Objectives

Book:Inspiration & motivation

Source: Inspiration & motivation

“You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self.”

Source: Advice from a Failure

“Proponents of efficiency standards argue that they save consumers and businesses money, reduce energy use, and reduce emissions. But families and businesses already understand how energy costs impact their lives and make decisions accordingly.”

Use Energy Decision Cost Standards Impact Arguing Consumers Efficiency Emissions Energy Use

Author:Gina McCarthy

“Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a novel set in a room. If you make the film, the disparity of costs is huge.”

Ifs Way Writing Looks Film Rooms Novel Produce Huge Cold Cost Mountain Disparity Cold Mountain

Author:Anthony Minghella

“It horrifies me how much it costs to put on shows now, mainly due to EU regulations. The freedom to be entrepreneurial is no longer there. It's a massive business now.”

Shows Cost Dues Massive Regulation Entrepreneurial

Author:Cameron Mackintosh

“Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's Day. If you're married, you can't win on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.”

Ifs Want Guy Hate Winning Love You Cost Married Valentine Valentine's Day Can't Win

Author:Vince Vaughn

“For an economic recovery program to be effective, it must not only create a short-term economic boost but also generate lasting value. Home Star would accomplish that by breaking down the key barrier between homeowners and money-saving retrofits: upfront costs.”

Home Values Stars Term Economic Keys Cost Program Accomplish Recovery Saving Barriers Lasting Breaking Down Short Term Saving Money Boost Homeowners Economic Recovery

Author:Peter Welch

“Last year, Congress passed a law that directs the Federal Reserve to set limits on debit card swipe fees that are reasonable and proportional to the cost of processing those transactions. Like most Americans, I had no idea that swipe fees charged to American businesses are the highest in the world.”

World Years Ideas Lasts Law Cost Limits Highest Congress Cards No Idea Reasonable Last Year Reserves Transactions Fees Processing Federal Reserve American Business Debit Debit Cards

Author:Peter Welch

“Investor demand for distressed property has been healthy, as rents rise to levels that can cover investors' costs while they wait for properties to appreciate. Giving investors a small tax break should further juice up demand, supporting prices for distressed homes and the market in general.”

Giving Should Has Beens Home Waiting Levels Break Healthy Cost Demand Taxes Appreciate Property Investors Juice Giving In Tax Breaks

Author:Mark Zandi

“I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how hard it is to make sure that physics, for example, is taught in every classroom in the state. It's difficult to do. It's, like, cost-prohibitive.”

Ifs Mean Hard States Difficult Technology Example Taught Cost Physics Classroom Governors Broadband

Author:George W. Bush

“I have been mocked by beauty, too. But it was the beauty which cost me nothing that in the end turned upon me.”

Has Beens Ends Cost

Book:Read for Your Life #9

Source: Read for Your Life #9

“Imagination brings bliss at no cost”

Imagination Cost Bliss

Author:Shing02

“What must be done must be done, whatever the price, the cost, the pain. One day we all must walk through fire.”

Done Pain Walks Fire One Day Cost

Author:David Hewson

“I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt.”

Doe Hurt Cost Catholic Charity Distrust Lenten

Author:Pope Francis

“Obamacare is a seriously flawed law that makes health care coverage less affordable, costs taxpayers more than advertised and fails to deliver on most of its other grand promises.”

Care Law Failing Promise Cost Health Care Flawed Taxpayers Obamacare Affordable Coverage

Author:Fred Upton

“It is despairing to consider that the cost and reliability of access to space have barely changed since the Apollo era over three decades ago. Yet in virtually every other field of technology, we have made great strides in reducing cost and increasing capability.”

Made Three Space Technology Fields Changed Cost Decades Access Eras Capability Apollo Reducing Stride Reliability

Author:Elon Musk

“What if there are children who will suffer somehow because I failed to obey God? What if my cowardice costs even one child somewhere in the world his or her life?”

Ifs World Children Suffering Cost What If Cowardice

Book:The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World

Source: The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World

“The much greater crimes of the Soviet Gulags occurred over decades and cost millions of lives.”

Millions Greater Crime Cost Decades Soviet Gulags

Author:Jean-Marie Le Pen