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Some of those who are well off have accumulated next to nothing. – Craig Copeland	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Telling a well-off host to hang out by the pool for a couple of weeks is not a real punishment. – Brian Stelter	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
People … [who are] pretty well off in Venezuela. … I can understand wanting to come to America, but at the end of the day, our Border Patrol agents are being denied the ability to police the border because they're processing agents. – Graham Colton	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If a well-off hospital has eligible expenses, it gets money, there is always a question about the fairness of that, but FEMA doesn’t look at the hospital’s bottom line. – Brad Gair	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
All of my local Chinese friends, theyre white-collar, theyre well off, and none of them will buy medicine made in China. Thats just the way it is. – Ray Yip	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The results would need to be validated by the appropriate FDA-approved devices, and because the study is likely on younger people who are more economically well off, does that really apply to older folks we worry about with poor sleep ? – Raj Dasgupta	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Yes, many small businesses closed because of Covid, but the reason why many will not open is because, for the last three years Donald Trump has put the very well off and corporate America first, and has put forward plans with' no strings, no oversight, no accountability,'. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 4 years ago
He appeared as a commander of hardened mujahideen, of an insurgency group, not the pampered leader of a well-off caliphate, his appearance totally mobilized Islamic State's supporters all over the world. – Rita Katz	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I am absolutely gutted to announce that I won't be riding in the omnium at the world championships today, i haven't been feeling right all week for reasons we're not sure of, but we do know my performances in the team pursuit over the last two days have been well off where I have been in training over the last two weeks. – Jason Kenny	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I was so self-conscious about the nanny and the housekeeper that I didn't want them to hear me screaming in the living room, i think that that's such a metaphor of something for the existence of so-called well-off people that they're not really well-off -- they won't even scream in their own house. – Kanye West	Found on CNN 6 years ago
The market could go up for years, and you could think you’re well off. – Billionaire Mark Cuban	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
Until now, those taking such decisions have lived in calm, fairly well-off and in safety. Now, as these elements of ballistic missile defense are deployed, we are forced to think how to neutralize emerging threats to the Russian Federation. – Russian President Vladimir Putin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is not a defense system. This is part of U.S. nuclear strategic potential brought onto a periphery. In this case, Eastern Europe is such periphery, until now, those taking such decisions have lived in calm, fairly well-off and in safety. Now, as these elements of ballistic missile defense are deployed, we are forced to think how to neutralize emerging threats to the Russian Federation. – Russian President Vladimir Putin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
People who have resources could use air conditioning and avoid the outdoors during heat waves but, in some corners of that region, there are communities and people who don’t have resources to do that, we pointed to some corners of Yemen along the Red Sea that are not as well off as other parts of the Gulf Region. – Elfatih Eltahir	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We are developing satellite technology, we are exploring outer space, not because we are in a very good position, well off economically. We still have a lot of economic problems. Even today we are tightening our belts to survive and to improve. All the same, we are investing a lot into this space program. We will continue, regardless of what people say. – Kim Il Sung	Found on CNN 9 years ago
In patients who are on the regular drug, the four-times-a-day drug (cystagon), they have tremendous amounts of family disruption because you have to give the drug every six hours around the clock, and if you think about it, for a lot of families that just can’t happen— if there’s a single-parent family or [they have] a lot of kids, or if the family isn’t very well off, or if mom and dad both work. – Paul Grimm	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The passengers would have been farmers or fishermen, or ordinary businessmen -- common folks, they are not very well off, otherwise they would be on better vessels or take the plane. But obviously, these are poor folks, simple folks who are trying to eke out an existence. – Philippine Red Cross Chairman Gordon	Found on CNN 9 years ago
If you're a lawyer of the caliber that gets on the Supreme Court, you're probably very well off. – Ian Millhiser	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The big majority of Americans, who are comparatively well off, have developed an ability to have enclaves of people living in the greatest misery without almost noticing them. – Gunnar Myrdal	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Some of those who are well off have accumulated next to nothing.

– Craig Copeland

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Telling a well-off host to hang out by the pool for a couple of weeks is not a real punishment.

– Brian Stelter

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

People … [who are] pretty well off in Venezuela. … I can understand wanting to come to America, but at the end of the day, our Border Patrol agents are being denied the ability to police the border because they're processing agents.

– Graham Colton

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

If a well-off hospital has eligible expenses, it gets money, there is always a question about the fairness of that, but FEMA doesn’t look at the hospital’s bottom line.

– Brad Gair

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

All of my local Chinese friends, theyre white-collar, theyre well off, and none of them will buy medicine made in China. Thats just the way it is.

– Ray Yip

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The results would need to be validated by the appropriate FDA-approved devices, and because the study is likely on younger people who are more economically well off, does that really apply to older folks we worry about with poor sleep ?

– Raj Dasgupta

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Yes, many small businesses closed because of Covid, but the reason why many will not open is because, for the last three years Donald Trump has put the very well off and corporate America first, and has put forward plans with' no strings, no oversight, no accountability,'.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

He appeared as a commander of hardened mujahideen, of an insurgency group, not the pampered leader of a well-off caliphate, his appearance totally mobilized Islamic State's supporters all over the world.

– Rita Katz

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I am absolutely gutted to announce that I won't be riding in the omnium at the world championships today, i haven't been feeling right all week for reasons we're not sure of, but we do know my performances in the team pursuit over the last two days have been well off where I have been in training over the last two weeks.

– Jason Kenny

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I was so self-conscious about the nanny and the housekeeper that I didn't want them to hear me screaming in the living room, i think that that's such a metaphor of something for the existence of so-called well-off people that they're not really well-off -- they won't even scream in their own house.

– Kanye West

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The market could go up for years, and you could think you’re well off.

– Billionaire Mark Cuban

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Until now, those taking such decisions have lived in calm, fairly well-off and in safety. Now, as these elements of ballistic missile defense are deployed, we are forced to think how to neutralize emerging threats to the Russian Federation.

– Russian President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is not a defense system. This is part of U.S. nuclear strategic potential brought onto a periphery. In this case, Eastern Europe is such periphery, until now, those taking such decisions have lived in calm, fairly well-off and in safety. Now, as these elements of ballistic missile defense are deployed, we are forced to think how to neutralize emerging threats to the Russian Federation.

– Russian President Vladimir Putin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

People who have resources could use air conditioning and avoid the outdoors during heat waves but, in some corners of that region, there are communities and people who don’t have resources to do that, we pointed to some corners of Yemen along the Red Sea that are not as well off as other parts of the Gulf Region.

– Elfatih Eltahir

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We are developing satellite technology, we are exploring outer space, not because we are in a very good position, well off economically. We still have a lot of economic problems. Even today we are tightening our belts to survive and to improve. All the same, we are investing a lot into this space program. We will continue, regardless of what people say.

– Kim Il Sung

Found on CNN
9 years ago

In patients who are on the regular drug, the four-times-a-day drug (cystagon), they have tremendous amounts of family disruption because you have to give the drug every six hours around the clock, and if you think about it, for a lot of families that just can’t happen— if there’s a single-parent family or [they have] a lot of kids, or if the family isn’t very well off, or if mom and dad both work.

– Paul Grimm

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The passengers would have been farmers or fishermen, or ordinary businessmen -- common folks, they are not very well off, otherwise they would be on better vessels or take the plane. But obviously, these are poor folks, simple folks who are trying to eke out an existence.

– Philippine Red Cross Chairman Gordon

Found on CNN
9 years ago

If you're a lawyer of the caliber that gets on the Supreme Court, you're probably very well off.

– Ian Millhiser

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The big majority of Americans, who are comparatively well off, have developed an ability to have enclaves of people living in the greatest misery without almost noticing them.

– Gunnar Myrdal

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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