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I'd rather strive for the kind of interview where instead of me asking to introduce myself to society, society asks me to introduce myself to… — Criss Jami
Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the… — Criss Jami
If money's the god people worship, I'd rather go worship the devil instead. — Jess C Scott
I offer gentle understanding to myself. I position myself in love, not fear. I look behind me with forgiveness. I look forward with festive anticipation.… — Mary Anne Radmacher
I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations. — Vance Havner
If you make provision for the desires of the flesh and bear a grudge against your neighbor on account of something transitory, you worship the… — Maximus the Confessor
... for our sake loosing within Himself the bonds of bodily birth, He granted us through spiritual birth, according to our own volition, power to… — Maximus the Confessor
The patient endurance of the saints exhausts the evil power that attacks them, since it makes them glory in sufferings undergone for the sake of… — Maximus the Confessor
There is a master way with words that cannot be learned but instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing,… — Criss Jami
The danger in media concentration comes not from the concentration, but instead from the feudalism that this concentration, tied to the change in copyright, produces. — Lawrence Lessig
I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl. — Miranda Lambert
Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy… — Rick Larsen
Instead of doing cinnamon, nutmeg, and all those baking spices I'll have one spice that's for sweets, and that's pumpkin pie spice. — Sandra Lee
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo should be developing new technologies to bypass government sensors and barriers to the Internet; but instead, they agreed to guard the… — Tom Lantos
Instead of becoming an engineer like my brother, I moved to New York to be an actor. — Anthony Mackie
Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I… — Melissa McCarthy
Instead of being lionized and admired for her genius, instead of being able to earn a decent living as a writer, Andrea Dworkin was misrepresented… — Catharine MacKinnon
Efforts to develop critical thinking falter in practice because too many professors still lecture to passive audiences instead of challenging students to apply what they… — Derek Bok
Language is my bugbear. Everyone says things now like 'I was sat' instead of 'I was sitting', which just sounds so ugly. — Penelope Keith
The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead… — Rutherford B. Hayes
Just once I would like to persuade the audience not to wear any article of blue denim. If only they could see themselves in a… — Ian Anderson
I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the… — Florence Griffith Joyner
... I pray... that you may discern your affairs in a manner pleasing to God and may so act and endeavor that you may find… — Symeon the New Theologian
More men would be treated like kings if they would only treat their wives like queens instead of servants. — Randall Wright
When one has reverence for life, one will never do anything to harm, hinder, or destroy life. Instead one bends every effort to help life… — Wilferd Peterson

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