We're going to pay it one way or another. We think paying based on what the actual costs are over a 5 percent difference is a good way to do this. It's not that we're unconcerned; it's just the price of doing business.
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Related These are not kinder, gentler times. One way or another, Northwest is going to drive its costs down,... DARRYL JENKINS One way to measure the size of a company, industry, or economy is to determine its output. But a bet... MICHAEL SPENCE Anytime you're saying that a person will be thinking one way or another or biased one way or ano... MATT MEAD The question is whether American restructures its costs outside of bankruptcy court or through the c... BRUCE HICKS Just because you pay 5 percent less than somebody else doesn't mean it is a good price. THOMAS SKINNER Our self-pay as a percentage of our overall business isn't that high, from a relative standpoint, ..... MIKE GREEN We are a democracy, and there is only one way to get a democracy on its feet in the matter of its in... JOSEPH PULITZER Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD The town is spending more than what were paying in taxes. 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NAOMI ALDERMAN We are urging Philip Morris and its subsidiaries to major changes to the way they do business. ANNE JONES When Europe dominated, there were no or few feedback loops. Or, to put it another way, there were fe... MARTIN JACQUES When you pay a hospital bill, you're really paying two hospital bills - one bill for you because... P. J. O'ROURKE [Wise] knew they were going to be an emotional team coming in here, so she made sure we were focused... MARCIE HAMPTON If income tax is the price you have to pay to keep the government on its feet, alimony is the price ... GROUCHO MARX One door is closing, but another is opening. Things aren't just going to go back to the way they wer... ADAM AHLFELD This is the price we pay, that the only way to take our life is death. STEBBY JULIONATAN Obviously a club that struggles as badly as this one on the field for points there is going to be sp... BOB MURRAY This is just a one-year agreement. It's the first step on the road to doing what we need to do, whic... JEFF FRIEDMAN We knew going in we were going to have a pretty good team, but I don't think we expected to dominate... MICHAEL RICHARDS I don't really think the business sector is really concerned one way or another. Nothing is riding o... BRUCE GALE I'd put it this way: Canadians want politicians to work together on their behalf. So that's ... JACK LAYTON There's gonna be a bill passed sooner or later that's gonna draw a line. We have to just think about... VING RHAMES It's based on the honor system, but this is one way we have for helping keep our health-care costs d... JUDITH CLARK We weren't concerned about what GM was doing. We were concerned with what the consumers were doing. ... DON ROMANO I'm not really sure what percent I'm paying. I just pay. AMY COX Whether we like it or not, the decision is going to be based on economics. I have a very good feelin... GARY STEUCK I'm not going to suggest one way or another what might happen after that. BARRY TOIV It's been great; it's been fabulous. I myself have not gotten one negative response. We tried to do ... DICK BADDOUR Goodbyes are on of the hardest things about life. One way or another people were always leaving... A... KAREN KINGSBURY Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this pr... JOHN SHADEGG Business travelers make the decisions based on schedule, leisure travelers do it based on price. We ... RICK DELISI [Even with the rising costs, the travel industry is having its best year since before 2001.] Last ye... AMY ZIFF They needed that time to reflect and focus on what they wanted out of the season. It could've gone e... AUDRA CORSON This uncertainty about what Microsoft is going to do with the cash has been hanging over the stock f... ADAM ADELMAN Wal-Mart is in a real bind. Its way of doing business hasn't been accepted here. 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