Instead Quotes
6491 Instead quotes by 3769 unique authors
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My parents were dismayed by my love of horror movies as a young girl, then even more dismayed when I kept rooting for Dracula to…
— Jeaniene Frost
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Instead of a dedicated room, my best trigger is the actual habit of reading over the texts from the day before. Marking. Changing. Fussing. This…
— Mona Simpson
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When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad.
— Brendon Urie
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What was shocking to us was that by spreading the energy out across seven beams instead of one, the phototoxicity went way down.
— Eric Betzig
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Latinos come from different countries, and they tend to segregate with only their country instead of embracing all the other countries, because in reality, all…
— Andrea Navedo
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I could have become a mime or a juggler, but I became a singer-songwriter instead.
— Vonda Shepard
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Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation.
— Elizabeth Drew
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It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.
— Mary Pickford
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When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.
— Anthony J. D'Angelo
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Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century.
— Dave Anderson
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So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.
— Mother Maribel
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Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of…
— Paul J. Meyer
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Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead.
— Brian Koslow
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If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to so so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.
— Jimmy Doolittle
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Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.
— Alexander Pope
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A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.
— Colin Wilson
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This is the first time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has ordered up programs for ideological instead of journalistic reasons.
— Bill Moyers
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A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.
— Benny Green
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The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a…
— Ben Sweetland
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I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in…
— Melissa Manchester
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