#cushion

Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your investment won't grow any faster than the rate of inflation. ↗

— Suze Orman

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Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten. ↗

— Thomas Otway

#easy #fatten #honest #honest men #knaves

You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact. ↗

— George Stephanopoulos

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Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age. ↗

— Booth Tarkington

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I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career as an actor and taking time out for my husband and family help to cushion a lot of the blows. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#balancing #blows #books #career #cushion

The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television. ↗

— Patti LuPone

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There is but an inch of difference between a cushioned chamber and a padded cell. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion. ↗

— Evan Davis

#banks #borrow #borrowing #capital #cushion

Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy. ↗

— Ann Coulter

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I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty. ↗

— Richard O'Brien

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