Instead Quotes
6491 Instead quotes by 3769 unique authors
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Laughing at fear is one of the best things you can do. When you are afraid, instead of just plunging into panic, laugh. The fear…
— Frederick Lenz
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You don't choose because if you choose you might make the wrong choice, based upon ego or illusion. Instead, you let eternity make all the…
— Frederick Lenz
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We are taught not to perceive but to avoid direct perceptions of reality and to substitute instead this kind of one-dimensional view of life.
— Frederick Lenz
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The universe is made up of vibrating, pulsing light. When our attention level drops, we don't see that. Instead we see what appears to be…
— Frederick Lenz
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Instead of your ego directing you and making countless mistakes, allow yourself to be guided by the invisible principles of the universe within your action.
— Frederick Lenz
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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
— Laini Taylor
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The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's…
— Laini Taylor
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But really, for the most part - doing a prequel is great because you do have room to kind of free this character and how…
— Jennifer Lawrence
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True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In this way, the…
— Maurice Saatchi
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Never ask a woman if you may kiss her. Instead, learn to read body language.
— Neil Strauss
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Growing up, I was watched by my parents and strongly critiqued. Instead of saying they loved me or showing physical attention, they would joke that…
— Neil Strauss
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If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audience, there was a higher chance that I would actually…
— Tabitha Soren
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A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it folds in on itself so that the beginning and end…
— Todd Solondz
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I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead of…
— Tate Taylor
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Giving governors more leeway in administering health care could represent a small, positive development in the ongoing saga of Obamacare. Unfortunately, instead of choosing flexibility,…
— Fred Upton
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Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding…
— Fred Upton
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The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.
— Andrew Vachss
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Around 80% of Liberians are unemployed and only half of all children go to primary school. Just one in 20 go on to secondary school.…
— George Weah
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That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault.
— Don Young
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Begbie offers an additional valuable contribution by rejecting the traditional emphasis on beauty, in its Platonic sense, and instead suggesting that beauty be reconceived in…
— John Walford
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Don't worry about techniques. Don't worry about chakras. Instead, concern yourself with finding the dharma and meditate. Then the kundalini will release.
— Frederick Lenz
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To be happy, drop the words 'if only' and substitute instead the words 'next time'.
— Smiley Blanton
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Religion now has degenerated and it has turned into a wolf; it has opened its mouth to show his ugly teeth; its spreading fear instead…
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Instead of trying to cover the whole world with leather, put on some sandals.
— Shantideva
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Paul was not ignorant of Satan's devices, but we are not so wise. Among his most successful devices today are these: exalting tolerance above truth;…
— Vance Havner
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