#expensive

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. ↗

— Thomas de Quincey

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A good margarita, a good red wine, I like expensive alcohol, but not a lot of it. I don't like to throw up. ↗

— Denise Richards

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I don't bring anything expensive to the dorms. ↗

— Lil' Romeo

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America has global trade with plenty of nations that provide inexpensive labor, but it's better for us when they're in our own hemisphere, rather than sending that business halfway around the world. ↗

— Ernest Istook

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The mass-market paperback, for one, is too expensive. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#paperback #too

Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly nation. Americans spend more on health care than housing or food. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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In Hollywood if you are not working, you are a leper. True, you are probably living in the most expensive leper colony in the world. ↗

— Allan Sherman

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Good kitchen equipment is expensive, but most items last a lifetime and will pay for themselves over and over again. ↗

— Delia Smith

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