But when you're an Olympic athlete, you don't get to have your cake and eat it, too.

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For example, if the activity is an S corporation, you can have your cake and eat it too.

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Expecting to slide into the same place you left years later is wanting to have your cake and eat it too.

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But the basic argument is the same: supporters of Scottish independence are suggesting you can have your cake and eat it too.

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For now this vehicle proves that when it comes to electric cars, it's possible to have your cake and eat it too.

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However, you just cannot have your cake and eat it too.

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You want to have your cake and eat it, don't you?

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Using the new method you could have your cake and eat it, by designing a strong core to a structure that has a weaker, temperature-resistant surface, he says.

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"Whether you're into video editing, music or gaming, with Seagate's new Desktop SSHD you can now have your cake and eat it too, " said Kevin Wasielewski, CEO and co-founder of Origin PC.

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To its detractors, their very multiplicity shows the Third Way's fundamental hollowness: a doctrine that says you can have your cake and eat it too is a recipe for ducking every hard decision.

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Yet, the power and speed are easily accessible to a novice driver (552 HP and a 6.0 liter W-12 engine.) For super cars, this is how to have your cake and eat it too.

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And a growing number of travel companies, from tour guides to vegan or vegetarian hotels, are doing what they can to make sure you can have your vegan cake and eat it too.

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The firm is a master of the "have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too" brand of politics and public relations.

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You can (a) have your cake, (b) eat it, too, and (c) not pay taxes until later.

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