Instead Quotes
6491 Instead quotes by 3769 unique authors
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What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
— Robert E. Lee
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'25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in the city that…
— Spike Lee
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Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven't done and…
— Spike Lee
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If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
— John Lennon
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All through graduate school, instead of having a television I read murder mysteries: Hammett, Chandler, Ruth Rendell, P. D. James.
— Donna Leon
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Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.
— Elmore Leonard
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At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.
— Laura Linney
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I found university a little dispiriting. I thought I would enter the great halls of Plato, but instead I entered the halls of an intellectual…
— Bjorn Lomborg
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It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip,…
— Lawrence G. Lovasik
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I often go on a liquid fast a couple of days a week. I never take just water. Instead, I'll have maybe six glasses of…
— Paul Lynde
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If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that…
— George MacDonald
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Someday perhaps change will occur when times are ready for it instead of always when it is too late. Someday change will be accepted as…
— Shirley MacLaine
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I don't want to be too strict, because I think kids can get rebellious, but I want to raise my daughter to be passionate about…
— Holly Madison
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Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.
— James Madison
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War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which…
— James Madison
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Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway…
— Og Mandino
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
— Camryn Manheim
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Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
— Orison Swett Marden
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I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.
— Brian May
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Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time…
— Theresa May
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Most people should be talking about how Floyd Mayweather is a great undefeated future Hall of Famer that's his own promoter and that works extremely…
— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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I'm free of stress and worries now because if I don't like something I'm doing, I just find the fun in it instead of being…
— Jenny McCarthy
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We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown…
— Mitch McConnell
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A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead…
— Phyllis McGinley
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It's so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.
— Phil McGraw
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