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• You'd give up drinking to go see your dad?" "Well, not permanently," he said. "That'd be ridiculous. But maybe I could switch to something slightly cheaper for a while. Like...slushes. Do you know how much I love those? Cherry, especially.

  Richelle Mead

  Giving Up, Dad, Drinking

  Richelle Mead (2012). “The Golden Lily: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.83, Penguin

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• Who ... what are they?" "My pride and glory," Alex said fondly. "Betty and Lucy Coltrane. Best damned bouncers in the business. Though of course I'd never tell them that. Fiercer than pit bulls and cheaper to run. Married to each other. They had a dog once, but they ate it.

  Simon R. Green

  Running, Dog, Pride

  Simon R. Green (2003). “Something from the Nightside”, p.37, Penguin

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• Singing when no one else is around is always good. I especially like belters. Good, loud singing is probably better medicine than half the stuff they sell in pill bottles, and it's cheaper, too. I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There's something about the feel of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you.

  Erin McKean

  Baby, Opportunity, Thinking

  Erin Mckean (2011). “The Secret Lives of Dresses”, p.45, Hachette UK

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• Amy felt her phone vibrate. She held it up. It was from Ian. DON'T ASK THE PRICE OF ANYTHING. DON'T SMILE. DON'T SAY "DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING CHEAPER?" DON'T Amy shoved the phone back in her pocket. "Just pretend to be Ian," she told Dan.

  Judy Blundell

  Phones, Pockets, Amy

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• It's so much easier and cheaper to keep the river uncontaminated in the first place than it is to clean it up again once it's been polluted.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Rivers, Firsts, Clean

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace With Marriage”, p.61, A&C Black

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• If you're angry, you don't have to write a poem dealing with the cause of your anger. But it needs to be an angry poem. So go ahead... write one. I know you're at least a little bit angry with me. And when you're done with your poem, decipher it as if you'd just found it printed in a textbook and know absolutely nothing about its author. The results can be amazing...and scary. But it's always cheaper than a therapist.

  Jay Asher

  Writing, Scary, Littles

  Jay Asher (2016). “Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.94, Penguin

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• What's the woman doing there?" he asked. "Covering a scratch on the hood. She was cheaper than a new paint job." He flipped through a few more pages of barely dressed women and classic cars. "Nick used to have magazines like this when we were kids. But without the cars." He rotated a photo sideways. "Or the bathing suits.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Jobs, Kids, Car

  Kelley Armstrong (2012). “Werewolves: Book One: Bitten, Stolen and Beginnings”, p.457, Vintage Canada

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• Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

  Bono

  Enemy, Despair, Poverty

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• It's cheaper to keep her.

  Robin Williams

  Divorce

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• When theres no other dude in the car, the cost of taking an Uber anywhere becomes cheaper than owning a vehicle. So the magic there is, you basically bring the cost below the cost of ownership for everybody, and then car ownership goes away.

  Travis Kalanick

  Uber, Car, Magic

  "Uber riders to be able to hail self-driving cars for first time" by Samuel Gibbs, www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2016.

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• I'm being told it saves money to shoot in Toronto, because of tax benefits, the crews are cheaper, but what I save in the bottom line, I lose in a million other ways.

  Griffin Dunne

  Toronto, Benefits, Lines

  "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.

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• Ethanol doesn't burn cleaner than gasoline, nor is it cheaper.

  Jeff Goodell

  Gasoline, Ethanol, Cleaners

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• Make your smile cheaper and anger expensive!

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Your Smile, Expensive

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• The Internet has made it much more effective and cheaper to spread propaganda.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Internet, Propaganda, Made

  "Why Tyrants Like Twitter" by Ki Mae Heussner, abcnews.go.com. October 26, 2009.

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• If you do a job where someone tells you exactly what to do, they will find someone cheaper than you to do it. And yet our schools are churning out kids who are stuck looking for jobs where the boss tells them exactly what to do.

  Seth Godin

  Jobs, School, Kids

  "Back to (the wrong) school". sethgodin.typepad.com. September 05, 2011.

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• Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and you’re not there anymore. It’s better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal.

  Mary Karr

  Reading, Flip, Heroin

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• Drug programs began to turn their attention and money away from prevention and into maintenance. Methadone was cheaper than social workers, I suppose.

  John Dufresne

  Drug, Attention, Maintenance

  Source: therumpus.net

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• No pleasure is simpler, no luxury cheaper, no consciousness-altering substance more benign.

  James Norwood Pratt

  Luxury, Substance, Consciousness

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• I just prefer wood. I like the smell. To me, it's a lot cheaper than electric or gas, and it's more convenient. It's just a better heat to me.

  Junior Johnson

  Smell, Woods, Heat

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• I had moved out of the Edison Hotel because I couldn't pay the bill and was living at the Lincoln Hotel, where I couldn't pay the bill either, but it was cheaper.

  Allan Sherman

  Pay, Bills, Hospitality

  Allan Sherman (1965). “A gift of laughter: the autobiography of Allan Sherman”

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• The UK still has time to accelerate the take-up of renewable energy and put the nation on a path towards clean energy that is cheaper, stable and more sustainable. We have a stark choice: We can stay stuck in the last century's boom and bust approach to our economy in the way we consume energy and resources, or create a sustainable, stable and renewable energy infrastructure with the long term environmental and employment benefits that ensue

  Phil Harding

  Long, Choices, Environmental

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• Whenever life gets to be too much for me, I have a hard time keeping my eyes open. Sleeping is cheaper and safer than drinking. It keeps you from saying or doing things you'll regret later, and though you may have nightmares, you won't wake up with a hangover. I recommend it wholeheartedly.

  Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

  Regret, Drinking, Hangover

  Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (1987). “Joanna's Husband and David's Wife”, Dell Publishing Company

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• I gambled at the crap table all night and finally lost $8, but during that time the house gave me four drinks and two cigars, so it was still a lot cheaper than renting a room.

  Jack Benny

  Funny, Humorous, Night

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• People want to think that staying in shape costs a lot of money. They couldn't be more wrong. It doesn't cost anything to walk. And it's probably a lot cheaper to go to the corner store and buy vegetables than take a family out for fast food.

  Florence Griffith Joyner

  Thinking, Vegetables, People

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• Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine.

  Kate Clinton

  Form, Produce, Masculine

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