Some travelers are such bargain hunters, ... that if the price is $25 different between Paris and Rome, they change their destination.
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PROVERB A bargain is something you can't use at a price you can't resist
FRANKLIN P. JONES The JGB market got a lift from a pullback in equity prices here, with bargain hunters emerging.
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GREG TAXIN Don't just bargain for success. Pay the price!
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WAYNE BEAMISH A substantial number of beneficiaries are already enrolled, but a lot turns on what those who are on...
DREW ALTMAN These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they ...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN The reason why most people don’t reach their destination is that they are so afraid to fall that t...
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RHODA BARUCH The difference between men and boys ....
.... is the price of their toys.
UNKNOWN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We do recognize the fact that the share price at the moment is rotten, ... There's some disconnect b...
RUPERT MURDOCH Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.
MASON COOLEY The price of freedom is responsibility, but it's a bargain, because freedom is
priceless.
HUGH DOWNS There will be confusion. Hunters, agency staff and vendors are confused by the ongoing change.
DNR SECRETARY SCOTT HASSETT The price of admission at the door is $25, so make sure you get your tickets early and save yourself...
AMY TAYLOR Poor laborers from all parts of Asia as well as Africa, the Americas and even Europe are transported...
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DAN ROSENSWEIG The 747 can land with no problem, but depending on their destination, if they're going nonstop to Br...
DAVE MILLER If the bargain is that you are going to get lower property taxes but higher sales taxes, that is no ...
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EDDIE VEDDER In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the door...
ITZHAK PERLMAN Even though we may have come from different backgrounds & are of different races,all mortals have a ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) One reason that the task of inventing manners is so difficult is that etiquette is folk custom, and ...
JUDITH MARTIN Some Things Never Change. They just Become Different.
JOSHUA CALEB Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951 To the dim and bewilde...
GEORGE MACDONALD A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.
UNKNOWN Prince, give praise to our French ladies
For the sweet sound their speaking carries;
'Twixt Ro...
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Some things may never change but other things can be so completely different that they make the thin...
DONNA VANLIERE If you can't land between 10 p.m. and midnight, then it's not possible to attract business travelers...
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ROBERT DE NIRO Reports are that it has already outsold Paris Hilton is some areas.
MARK MOELLER They (hunters) are doing what they were taught to do. It's long past time somebody woke up and laid ...
CLAYTON RUBY Rome is magic, it's like being in Hollywood. But the difference between Hollywood and Rome is th...
MARIA GRAZIA CUCINOTTA If you don't get what you want, it's a sign either that you did not seriously want it, or that you t...
RUDYARD KIPLING What we find so objectionable is that these public-service agencies are involving themselves in recr...
HEIDI PRESCOTT It is true [the risk for travel is greater] for we now operate in a global market. Business traveler...
MARK HALL OPEC wants the maximum price they can sustain to meet their budgetary needs and investment plans, an...
YASSER ELGUINDI Rome taxpayers would be pleased if they heard how well Kray Brown protects their interests.
BOB ECKERT I think that, in the end, the military behavior and intelligence services are not very different fro...
EDGAR RAMIREZ Hunters in this stage are always learning new techniques and improving their skills in an effort to ...
DANIEL TOOLE This reaffirms what we've said all along that the Tampa Bay area is a great destination and at a won...
KAREN BRAND Business travelers make the decisions based on schedule, leisure travelers do it based on price. We ...
RICK DELISI Some people die at age 25 and aren't buried until they are 75.
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CHRISTINA ENGELA Those people will be notified that their product is going to ship and they will be given the opportu...
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BERNIE SIEGEL One day we're going to look back at $1,700 with nostalgia. People are going to be shocked at how...
PETER SCHIFF If you have carefully examined hundred people you met in your life journey, it means that you have r...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Truly, I am a woman of the last minute. When I was pregnant, I organised three different hospitals b...
MONICA BELLUCCI Other states have found that younger hunters are safe hunters.
LENNY REES Do you think it will truly come to battle between them? If they should come to some accord—”
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Some shows just go away - and that's fine. They serve their purpose and their entertainment valu...
MICHAEL CUDLITZ How do you know they are Hunters?" Lucien asked.
"They had guns and knives strapped to their bo...
GENA SHOWALTER I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, P...
SEBASTIAO SALGADO There is absolutely no connection between the accidents. They are all completely different events, w...
MIKE BAIR They are in so many of them, and if they turn around some of those one-goal games, it's a different ...
MALCOLM CAMERON Many hunters believe that bucks are being over-exploited and would like to see more mature bucks in ...
CHARLES RUTH Given the current situation, where airlines, some of them in bankruptcy, are dropping and changing r...
JOE BRANCATELLI Getting up too early is a vice habitual in horned owls, stars, geese, and freight trains. Some hunte...
ALDO LEOPOLD Americans do see Europe as one destination, even if they come to Europe and then go to different des...
GREGOR KREUZHUBER Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if t...
SENECA I know your final destination, I suggest to change it. (Is it Okay??? (FINAL DESTINATION FILM) )
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The Doctor...
STEVEN MOFFAT I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination plann...
LISA ANDERSON Live in such a way that if the devil happened to come to your way, he would change his direction.
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AMY JAFFE Owning reserves doesn't change the price. If the price of oil goes to $125 a barrel, and China owns ...
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AMY SEDARIS I never really take shortcuts. I was always one of those people who, instead of cutting across someo...
AMY SEDARIS You think in a different way when you don't have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use y...
AMY SEDARIS I'm very domestic; I love cleaning. I love cooking. I like waiting on people. I just like to mak...
AMY SEDARIS I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's ...
AMY SEDARIS People who shop in health food stores never look healthy.
AMY SEDARIS I wouldn't call myself a shut-in. I have the ability to leave my home; I just choose not to. But...
AMY SEDARIS I think it's still kind of weird to memorize a line, because you're supposed to 'be'...
AMY SEDARIS More men than women like 'Strangers With Candy'. Pretty girls don't like the show. They ...
AMY SEDARIS I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it becaus...
AMY SEDARIS I'm gonna do the whole bedroom in camel color - it's an old lady color.
AMY SEDARIS If I put my mind to something, it happens. I do know that's not necessarily psychic. But I alway...
AMY SEDARIS You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character acto...
AMY SEDARIS Sometimes, to keep things exciting, I decorate my house as if I owned a child. I'll toss a tiny ...
AMY SEDARIS But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.
AMY SEDARIS My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
AMY SEDARIS When people tell me they are going to go scrapbooking, I say, 'Why don't you make it yoursel...
AMY SEDARIS Books are challenging and inspirational to me.
AMY SEDARIS I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
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