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People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. — Will Rogers
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day. — Jim Rohn
I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at.… — Henry Rollins
I just get things done instead of talking about getting them done. I don't go out and party. I don't smoke, drink or do drugs… — Henry Rollins
Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it's time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build… — Mitt Romney
It strikes me as odd that the free exercise of religious faith is sometimes treated as a problem, something America is stuck with instead of… — Mitt Romney
Instead of just giving lip service to improving our schools, I will actually put the kids first and the teachers union behind in giving our… — Mitt Romney
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. — Theodore Roosevelt
Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of a… — Roger Rosenblatt
A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the 'I' in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth… — Edmond Rostand
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but… — Helen Rowland
Under Barack Obama, the only 'Change' is that 'Hope' has been hard to find. Now millions of Americans are insecure about their future. But instead… — Marco Rubio
Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent. — Marco Rubio
We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time. We chose a… — Marco Rubio
But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever… — Salman Rushdie
Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans,… — Paul Ryan
We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency… — Paul Ryan
That's what the Romney plan is all about, how to get jobs created, how to get this debt and deficit under control, how to revive… — Paul Ryan
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food.… — Jonathan Sacks
In the post-enlightenment Europe of the 19th century the highest authority was no longer the Church. Instead it was science. Thus was born racial anti-Semitism,… — Jonathan Sacks
Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken by human rights.… — Jonathan Sacks
Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - only instead of cool water, you immerse… — Jerry Saltz
I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things… — Adam Sandler
Frankly, too many women treat their husbands as accessories instead of priorities. — Laura Schlessinger
Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own. — Arthur Schopenhauer

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