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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

It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty. Kathryn Harrison

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It can get a little costly if you try and leave it until then to write songs. But you're writing all the time. You're collecting songs. I've had songs that have been collected over a two-year period for my next record. Keith Urban

Plenty of funds have fine long-term returns despite being tax-inefficient and generally costly. But a dirty secret is this: Average, no-load fund investors do much worse than the funds - or the market. Kenneth Fisher

Market Secret Despite Worse Plenty Fine Costly Dirty Generally Investors Long-Term Returns Than Being Average Much Fund Funds

O2O and all-in-one systems mean we have to make online and offline inventory accessible to each other. This is complicated both in terms of the technical aspect and in cost. A story sounds wonderful, but if it is too costly, it is not good. Technology has to match business. Li Ning

Good Technology Business Wonderful Complicated Too Other Systems Cost Costly Online Both Inventory Terms Make Match Accessible Sounds Story Mean Aspect Each Technical

The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean. Ma Jun

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As for our garments, my Mother did not only delight to see us neat and cleanly, fine and gay, but rich and costly: maintaining us to the heighth of her estate, but not beyond it. Margaret Cavendish

Gay Mother Rich Our Fine See Costly Only Delight Maintaining Beyond Did Estate Us Garments Her Neat

The average credit score of today's FHA borrowers is higher than the average American household with a score. As it becomes more costly and difficult to get a FHA loan, loans from private mortgage lenders will become more attractive and their market share will grow. Mark Zandi

Today Loan Will Become Difficult Market Market Share Borrowers Costly More Higher Share Mortgage Attractive Household Becomes Private Score Than Get American Average Average American Grow Credit Loans

You've got to really check on what you're doing: check and recheck it seven other times to be prepared. Sometimes, people get carried away with the artistic-ness of the endeavor and don't quite have their game face on when the time comes. It's always a pretty costly mistake. Melvin Van Peebles

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That is why I strongly believe we should working in Congress to make America a better place to run a business by reducing the costly burdens of bureaucracy and red tape. Mike Simpson

Governments need to be authorized to provide 'open bank assistance.' The convolutions of Dodd-Frank aimed at 'avoiding' this tactic are ludicrous and will prove to be extremely costly to the system. Paul Singer

Will Extremely System Costly Tactic Open Dodd-Frank Prove Provide Governments Authorized Bank Avoiding Ludicrous Assistance Need

Most advertisers spend millions upon millions of dollars to buy commercial time during the Super Bowl, and millions in creating eye-popping ads, hoping to create catchy, unforgettable commercials. Unfortunately, most Super Bowl commercials end up being unmemorable. Costly mistakes for brands and creative flameouts for advertising firms. Peter Diamandis

Buy Time Creative Mistakes Spend Hoping Super Super Bowl Costly Ads Catchy Most Bowl Advertiser Advertising Dollars End Up Commercial Brands Commercials Being Unforgettable Unfortunately Create Creating Millions Millions Of Dollars

Congress can protect small businesses by providing effective oversight over SBA policies and make sure they take into account the needs of small businesses while also protecting taxpayer dollars. Congress also needs to make sure that new banking regulations do not make it more costly for community banks to lend to small businesses. Sam Graves

Needs Taxpayer Community Congress Costly More Small Small Businesses Take Over New Protect Also Protecting Make Policies Sure Dollars Providing Oversight Effective Account Banking Banks While Lend Regulations Businesses

Any country that grants asylum to Snowden risks retaliation from the United States, including diplomatic isolation and costly trade sanctions. Several don't seem to care. Stephen Kinzer

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In 'Love Story,' Oliver Barrett IV comes from generations of wealth and privilege, but when he meets working-class Jennifer Cavilleri, he can't resist. When they marry, his father disowns him, but they struggle on in love, until she's diagnosed with cancer and they can't afford the costly treatments. Susan Straight

Love Struggle Wealth Cancer Father Love Story Meets Marry Costly He Generations Until She Him Diagnosed His Privilege Afford Story Working-Class Jennifer Oliver Resist Treatments

That surely must be a concern to anyone who decides this drug must be given to stop transmissions, again from mother to child, which is extremely costly and must be taken into account. Thabo Mbeki

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Public borrowing is costly these days, true, but interest rates on municipal bonds are still considerably lower than those borne by corporate debt. Thomas Frank

Considerably Corporate Those Borne Borrowing Rates Costly True Days Still Debt Than Interest Interest Rates Public Lower Municipal Bonds

Entrepreneurs can benefit a lot from the right help and advice, and you can avoid costly mistakes. You can get incredible leverage in hiring people who wouldn't even talk to you if you have the right help. An investor isn't about money - it's about the help and advice you can get. Vinod Khosla

Chains do more than bargain down prices from suppliers or divide fixed costs across a lot of units. They rapidly spread economic discovery - the scarce and costly knowledge of what retail concepts and operational innovations actually work. Virginia Postrel

Work Knowledge Down Innovations Rapidly Scarce Costly More Costs Economic Divide Retail Prices Suppliers Concepts Operational Spread Discovery Lot Than Fixed Across Bargain Chains Actually Units

The United States and our allies will not prevent countries from doing business with Chinese companies like Huawei on the basis of security concerns alone, though there are a number of them. We must provide an alternative service or product that is better, more secure and less costly. We need to respond by out-innovating our opponent. Will Hurd

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Unfortunately, the mechanism for doing philanthropy in a structured way isn't yet in place in India. I already do a fair bit and support various causes such as education, sanitation, health. But selling costly drugs at affordable prices is philanthropy in itself. Yusuf Hamied

Politicians have been downplaying the importance of history as a subject in our schools but, if they had bothered to have a better grasp of history themselves, they might have avoided costly wars. Instead they act like children. The only time that they think matters is their own. Tony Robinson

Time History Better Matters Own Politicians Think Our Costly Only Only Time Bothered Had Instead Like Importance Schools Been Subject Children Might Themselves Act Avoided Wars Grasp

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