A Quote by Fay Weldon

Pride is what you can afford or think you can afford. — © Fay Weldon
Pride is what you can afford or think you can afford.

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I can't afford to have resentment. I can't afford to be angry. I can't afford these things spiritually or physically.
America has spent as of one month ago $6 trillion in the Middle East. And in our country we can't afford to build a school in Brooklyn or we can't afford to build a school in Los Angeles. And we can't afford to fix up our inner cities. We can't afford to do anything.
Unfettered market American-style capitalism doesn't work. Developing countries can't afford that kind of luxury. They just can't afford it. Period. If there's a mistake, they can't afford to put out $2 trillion.
When there is no desire to satisfy yourself, there is no aggression or speed... Because there is no rush to achieve, you can afford to relax. Because you can afford to relax, you can afford to keep company with yourself, you can afford to make love with yourself, to be friends with yourself.
If you can afford to eat yourself fat, you can afford to pay to go to WeightWatchers if you think that is the answer.
Some people might say, 'Can we afford it?' I think that's asking the wrong question... We should instead be asking, 'Can we really afford not to try?'
In my childhood I was obsessed with cameras but could not afford one. After much persuasion my father Harivansh Rai Bachchan bought me a box camera which I treasured for years. Initially I clicked trees and nature and as I grew up started noticing prettier things-motorbike, sleek cars and cool girls. But the hamartia of life is when you desire something you cannot afford it and when you are able to afford it you are too old to use it. Now I don't need all gadgets but it's satisfying to know that at least I can afford them.
Can you afford to ignore China? It's like saying you can afford to ignore the internet. I don't think so.
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT, YOU CAN AFFORD TO KEEP YOUR TEMPER; AND WHEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE IT.
Anyone who believes that we can afford collectively what we cannot afford individually is delusional.
Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree.
It is not only the people of Gaza that can't afford having a fourth war - all the world cannot afford this.
Can we afford clean water? Can we afford rivers and lakes and streams and oceans which continue to make possible life on this planet? Can we afford life itself? Those questions were never asked as we destroyed the waters of our nation, and they deserve no answers as we finally move to restore and renew them. These questions answer themselves.
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.
Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man's attitude. Ask HOW to afford it.
When you win, you can afford to be gracious, you can afford to have a little more mercy.
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