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It doesn't make any sense. If the SIM are policemen, secret or not, shouldn't we trust them instead of being afraid of them? — Julia Alvarez
Youth must refrain from ungrateful questioning of governmental mandates. Instead they must dedicate themselves to study, work and military service. The very spirit of rebellion… — Che Guevara
Give death announcements each time you move instead of giving announcements of the change of address. Send the same when you die. — Yoko Ono
If sub specie aeternitatis there is no reason to believe that anything matters, then that does not matter either, and we can approach our absurd… — Thomas Nagel
They are more properly ‘The Messengers of Satan to buffet us.’ No rulers are properly God’s ministers, but such as are ‘just, ruling in the… — Jonathan Mayhew
Instead of the god of security, we bow to the greater god of freedom, the freedom to take risks and master danger in order to… — Royal Robbins
The ability to face constructively the tension of opposing ideas and instead of choosing one at the expense of the other, generate a creative resolution… — Roger Martin
Focus on the victory instead of on everything that could go wrong. — Sanya Richards-Ross
The point is that something I thought was perfect has been broken, and I'm having to find the beauty in what is there instead of… — James Howe
I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give you that will… — Merle Haggard
Part of what Im about is seeing how I can paint the same thing differently instead of different things the same way. — Alex Katz
But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead. — Scarlett Thomas
Are you telling me that the polite little note I sent my college alumni magazine has, by some unbeknownst series of errors, come to be… — Frank Bruni
Stop trying to find the formula that will instantly make your idea into a winner. Instead of being scientists, the best marketers are artists. They… — Seth Godin
I think it's really important to look at the big picture instead of just one competition — Shannon Miller
The church that is man-managed instead of God-governed is doomed to failure. A ministry that is college-trained but not Spirit-filled works no miracles. — Leonard Ravenhill
If you can deal with hot emotions, then you can study for the S.A.T. instead of watching television, and you can save more money for… — Walter Mischel
Therapists are less likely to perceive a black woman as sad; instead they see her as angry or anxious. — Melissa Harris-Perry
Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them? Why… — Carol S. Dweck
Congress should be forward thinking in the policies we set, instead of waiting until catastrophe looms. — Bill Frist
The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our… — Bob Riley
All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions are entertained, for… — Charles Brockden Brown
What we found was that rather than being haphazardly arranged or independent pathways, we find that all of the pathways of the brain taken together… — Ray Kurzweil
We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters. — Peter Thiel
Every venture capitalist says at some point, 'I wish I could run this company myself' -- to be the entrepreneur instead of the investor. — Alan Patricof

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