Instead Quotes
6491 Instead quotes by 3769 unique authors
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'Salaam Bombay' didn't put a halo on the poor. Instead, it said that they will teach us how to live.
— Mira Nair
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But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the…
— Anna Neagle
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I have friends who have daughters and there's times I think I'm glad I have boys instead of girls.
— Liam Neeson
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There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's a wonderful step…
— Ingrid Newkirk
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Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe you can play a shot instead of wondering where your next bad shot…
— Jack Nicklaus
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Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.
— Edward Norton
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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of…
— Henri Nouwen
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Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power and control instead.…
— Henri Nouwen
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Just as people can watch spellbound a circus artist tumbling through the air in a phosphorized costume, so they can listen to a preacher who…
— Henri Nouwen
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NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working…
— Bill Nye
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I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.
— Sinead O'Connor
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An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said.…
— Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and…
— Barack Obama
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And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going…
— Barack Obama
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We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller…
— Michelle Obama
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Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.
— Yoko Ono
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I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my…
— Susan Orlean
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I remember thinking that a girdle was barbaric, and that never in a million years would I treat myself like a sleeping bag being shoved…
— Susan Orlean
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Consider a 15- or 20-year fixed-rate mortgage instead of a 30-year, if you can afford the monthly payments - they may not be as high…
— Suze Orman
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Growing up, if I hadn't had sports, I don't know where I'd be. God only knows what street corners I'd have been standing on and…
— Bobby Orr
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It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in…
— Joel Osteen
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We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous,…
— Joel Osteen
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Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.
— Terrell Owens
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