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I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. — Clarence Clemons
The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime. — William J. Clinton
I'd think,'In a relationship, we should never have his kind of fight.' Then, instead of figuring out how to make it work, I looked for… — George Clooney
Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should have taken more of it… — Brian Clough
I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting… — Kurt Cobain
I bought a gun and chose drugs instead. — Kurt Cobain
As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better… — Eric Alterman
Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead… — Dale Carnegie
The tabloids, instead of being about alien babies and stuff, it's my triplets, quadruplets, marriages, feuds. — Jennifer Aniston
An Atheist loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist knows that heaven is something for which we should work now,… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
God is no longer an explanation of anything, but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining. — Douglas Adams
Pride consists in a man making his personality the only test, instead of making truth the test. The sceptic feels himself too large to measure… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Latter-day scepticism is fond of calling itself progressive; but scepticism is really reactionary. Scepticism goes back; it attempts to unsettle what has already been settled.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Play hard, work hard, love hard. . . .The bottom line for me is to live life to the fullest in the here-and-now instead of… — Michael Shermer
It's easy to let life deteriorate into making a living instead of making a life. It's not the hours you put in, but what you… — Jim Rohn
Perhaps it is better in this present world of ours that a revolutionary idea or invention instead of being helped and patted be hampered and… — Nikola Tesla
I remember being seven and asking my mom if I was as pretty as Monique [my best friend in grade school]. And with all the… — Jennifer Aniston
Feminism's agenda is basic: it asks that women not be forced to "choose" between public justice and private happiness. It asks that women be free… — Susan Faludi
According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected.… — Charles Francis Richter
Buddhism regards all living creatures as being endowed with the Buddha nature and the potential to become Buddhas. That's why Buddhism teaches us to refrain… — Hsuan Hua

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