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If we thought that instead of 200 Palestinian fatalities, 2,000 dead would put an end to the fighting at a stroke, we would use much… — Ehud Barak
Refuse to criticize, condemn, or complain. Instead, think and talk only about the things you really want. — Brian Tracy
If cruelty is no longer declared unlawful, but instead is applied as a matter of policy, it alters the fundamental relationship of man to government.… — Unknown Author
I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world. — Cindy Sheehan
I feel nothing but the accursed happiness I have dreaded all my life long: the happiness that comes as life goes, the happiness of yielding… — George Bernard Shaw
The Gothic idea that we were to look backwards instead of forwards for the improvement of the human mind, and to recur to the annals… — Thomas Jefferson
Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few tools oyu have to signal the reader where the beats and emphases go.… — Annie Dillard
Instead of hoping he must fear and instead of fearing he must hope. He must fear that his loss may develop into a much bigger… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
I was glad to hear of that determination as I detest the practice of cousins marrying or any marriage between persons in which there can… — Ezra Cornell
Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them… — Joan Baez
Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going… — Ulysses S. Grant
What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead. — George Bernard Shaw
Probably my English teacher because she got me into writing instead of just answering the question. I used to hand in homework with 20 pages… — Robert Pattinson
Youth, enthusiasm, and tenderness are like the days of spring. Instead of complaining, O my heart, of their brief duration, try to enjoy them. — Friedrich Ruckert
Today [the voice of women] is being heard loud and clear. But I do not read the welcome triumph of feminism, social, economic, and creative,… — E. O. Wilson
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very… — Charlie Munger
Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses.… — Carl Icahn
A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you. — Joyce Meyer
It's very encouraging to see the structural changes that the RNC has made this past year in engaging communities on the ground. Recognizing that the… — S. E. Cupp
From where I sit, battles are hard. I've written my share. Sometimes I employ the private's viewpoint, very up close and personal, dropping the reader… — George R. R. Martin
Drama, instead of telling us the whole of a man's life, must place him in such a situation, tie such a knot, that when it… — Leo Tolstoy
The solution to a problem - a story that you are unable to finish - is the problem. It isn't as if the problem is… — Susan Sontag
For me, writing is the only thing that passes the three tests of metier: (1) when I'm doing it, I don't feel that I should… — Gloria Steinem
Passion mutates into procedures, into rules and roles. Instead of purpose, we focus on policies. Instead of being free to create, we impose constraints that… — Margaret J. Wheatley
Pretty much everyone I know, no matter what size, is trying some system. Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud… — Melissa McCarthy

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