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Beauty and its allowance to be selective is a magic reserved for young women, not old girls. – Link Starbureiy	added by anonymous 1 year ago
He said it made him jealous, and he would appreciate it if I quit my job, so instead, we were given $1,000 a week as an allowance. – Holly Madison	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
A number of reservations were expressed with regard to the proposed increase in the borrowing allowance to 60%, related, in particular, to concerns that it would make banks increasingly dependent on the Eurosystem, against this background, broad agreement was reached to raise the borrowing allowance to 55% of the stock of eligible loans. – European Central Bank	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
To consume all of those recommended foods encompasses the vast majority of their calorie allowance leaving very few' discretionary' or empty sugary calories without causing weight gain. – Van Horn	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The special allowance program will protect the value of our oil by ensuring that operators are only producing what they are able to move to market. – Sonya Savage	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
First thing was we can get almost all the bills paid, but what are we going to do about rent, because our rent comes from my husband's pay, which includes housing allowance, without that we can't afford the Seattle area. – Jacqui Esparza	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Can it happen again ? Unfortunately, it can if the wrongness continues to grow, and the allowance by any leadership allows it to grow, there are always people out there willing to jump on bandwagons of hate and that's exactly what it is. – Barry Werber	Found on CNN 6 years ago
The guy Haberkorn — who is a professional personal injury lawyer — did a number on me, then he looked me up, found out who my dad is, and saw dollar signs when he learned my name. He assumed I was a billionaire, which I’m not, i live on a budget like anyone else, I get a monthly allowance, I am not shopping on Madison Avenue, I take the subway, and I am very frugal. I am not Paris Hilton. – Jack Kent Cooke	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
My views have gone more towards allowance of a patient with medical marijuana, documented for a good medical reason, to be allowed to take it without getting penalized for it. – Chicago Medicine Fung	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Most kids his age, they’re saving their allowance to buy video games or something to play with. But for him to save up to buy snacks and pizza for us, that was just really awesome. – Chief Tim Phillips	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Both are breakage plays in that not all customers will use their allowance, but perhaps more importantly they also lock in customer loyalty as customers need to fly the airline to realize the benefit. – Sudeep Ghai of Athena Aviation	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I doubt every single view is buying a toy, but it influences what they want for Christmas and birthdays, and if they get (an) allowance. – Sandra Wells	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Our people don't want to be registered with Danish unions because the Danish collective agreement -- which has been such a success on world-leading Danish airlines like Cimber Air, Sterling, Maersk, all of whom bestride the aviation globe as international colossi -- would require us to cut their pay, our pay is higher than the Danish collective agreement, but we would have to then pay for things like their underwear -- they have an underwear allowance because that's what's in the Danish collective agreement -- and, frankly, our pilots and cabin crew would rather buy their own knickers as long as we pay them more money. – Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance. – William Osler	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum. Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people. – Saki	added by anonymous 10 years ago
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too . . . If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same . . . Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it. – Rudyard Kipling	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The chess board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But we also know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. – Thomas Huxley	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time. – Henry David Thoreau	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Beauty and its allowance to be selective is a magic reserved for young women, not old girls.

– Link Starbureiy

added by anonymous
1 year ago

He said it made him jealous, and he would appreciate it if I quit my job, so instead, we were given $1,000 a week as an allowance.

– Holly Madison

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

A number of reservations were expressed with regard to the proposed increase in the borrowing allowance to 60%, related, in particular, to concerns that it would make banks increasingly dependent on the Eurosystem, against this background, broad agreement was reached to raise the borrowing allowance to 55% of the stock of eligible loans.

– European Central Bank

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

To consume all of those recommended foods encompasses the vast majority of their calorie allowance leaving very few' discretionary' or empty sugary calories without causing weight gain.

– Van Horn

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The special allowance program will protect the value of our oil by ensuring that operators are only producing what they are able to move to market.

– Sonya Savage

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

First thing was we can get almost all the bills paid, but what are we going to do about rent, because our rent comes from my husband's pay, which includes housing allowance, without that we can't afford the Seattle area.

– Jacqui Esparza

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Can it happen again ? Unfortunately, it can if the wrongness continues to grow, and the allowance by any leadership allows it to grow, there are always people out there willing to jump on bandwagons of hate and that's exactly what it is.

– Barry Werber

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The guy Haberkorn — who is a professional personal injury lawyer — did a number on me, then he looked me up, found out who my dad is, and saw dollar signs when he learned my name. He assumed I was a billionaire, which I’m not, i live on a budget like anyone else, I get a monthly allowance, I am not shopping on Madison Avenue, I take the subway, and I am very frugal. I am not Paris Hilton.

– Jack Kent Cooke

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

My views have gone more towards allowance of a patient with medical marijuana, documented for a good medical reason, to be allowed to take it without getting penalized for it.

– Chicago Medicine Fung

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Most kids his age, they’re saving their allowance to buy video games or something to play with. But for him to save up to buy snacks and pizza for us, that was just really awesome.

– Chief Tim Phillips

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Both are breakage plays in that not all customers will use their allowance, but perhaps more importantly they also lock in customer loyalty as customers need to fly the airline to realize the benefit.

– Sudeep Ghai of Athena Aviation

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I doubt every single view is buying a toy, but it influences what they want for Christmas and birthdays, and if they get (an) allowance.

– Sandra Wells

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Our people don't want to be registered with Danish unions because the Danish collective agreement -- which has been such a success on world-leading Danish airlines like Cimber Air, Sterling, Maersk, all of whom bestride the aviation globe as international colossi -- would require us to cut their pay, our pay is higher than the Danish collective agreement, but we would have to then pay for things like their underwear -- they have an underwear allowance because that's what's in the Danish collective agreement -- and, frankly, our pilots and cabin crew would rather buy their own knickers as long as we pay them more money.

– Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.

– William Osler

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum. Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

– Saki

added by anonymous
10 years ago

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too . . . If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same . . . Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.

– Rudyard Kipling

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The chess board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But we also know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.

– Thomas Huxley

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

– Henry David Thoreau

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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