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The other day I got invited to a party, but I stayed home instead. Just me and my pal Johnny Walker and his brothers Black… — George Thorogood
Another fella told me, he had a sister who looked just fine. Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance to a cat… — Sam Cooke
I'm waking up to say I tried, instead of waking up to another TV guide. — Avril Lavigne
I set my monkey on the log, and ordered him to do the Dog. He wagged his tail and shook his head, and he went… — Bob Dylan
The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which so irritated Dickens.… — Archibald MacLeish
Capitalism arose and took off its pajamas. Another day, another dollar. Each man is valued at what he will bring in the marketplace. Meaning has… — Donald Barthelme
It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the learning of what… — William Cobbett
The doctor will persist in laboring under the delusion that patients want common sense instead of magic. — Rae Foley
I think you should use whatever power you have to try to help people who need your help. Then we'd all be happy. Instead there's… — Clive Stafford Smith
But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and… — Henry L. Stimson
I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead. — Anthony Quinn
In a society of little economic development, universal inactivity accompanies universal poverty. You survive not by struggling against nature, or by increasing production, or by… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Aging happy and well, instead of sad and sick, is at least under some personal control. We have considerable control over our weight, our exercise,… — George Vaillant
Mr. Do-Nothing Obama will say today, 'Lets think of all the poor dead people' - or 'let's honor all the dead' instead of fighting for… — Larry Kramer
I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I… — Meg Cabot
Instead of rising rapidly in the beginning and flattening out later, the earnings curves of most those who eventually become millionaires was the reverse; their… — Srully Blotnick
A spiritual partnership is between people who promise themselves to use all of their experiences to grow spiritually. They use their emotions to show them… — Gary Zukav
In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that caters… — Wim Wenders
I wasn't truly comfortable with myself until I was about 30. I spent so much time and energy wondering if I wasn't worthy, and trying… — Tori Spelling
I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them that, and some… — Harvey Keitel
Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics. — Patrick Ewing
Every government program needs to be more efficient. Instead of pointing out how other programs can tighten their belts, every program administrator must look inward… — Michael Enzi
Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions. — Bob Ehrlich
I wanted to write about women and their work, and about valuing the work we, as women, choose to do. Too many women I knew… — Jennifer Chiaverini
The national debt is totally unlike a family budget for about a gazillion reasons, not the least of which being that families cannot raise money… — Matt Taibbi

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