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Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger.… — Billiam Coronel
Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people instead of an industrial oligarchy — William O. Douglas
Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under… — Gerry Spence
A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted . . . and by which our… — Victoria Woodhull
Utilities used deregulation to effect a series of mergers limiting competition. In order to accelerate profits, cost cutting ensued, involving the layoff of thousands of… — Dennis Kucinich
I realized that, instead of moving people closer to a salvation decision, an answer can push them further away. Rather than engaging their minds or… — Randy Newman
The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don't have it well designed! — Jim Rohn
In order for humanity to survive in the twenty-first century and beyond, we must nurture rather than repress children's natural curiosity. We must encourage them… — Paul K. Chappell
I have learned God doesn't always change those people we want Him to change; instead, He often uses them to change us. — Joyce Meyer
Might you be missing opportunities because you have been too quick to ask how instead of why? — John C. Maxwell
The chief cause of unhappiness in married life is that people think that marriage is sex attraction, which takes the form of promises and hopes… — Leo Tolstoy
If you are facing trouble right now, don't ask, "Why me?" Instead ask, "What do you want me to learn?" Then trust God and keep… — Rick Warren
...Be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you. — Dale Carnegie
When we are fully mindful of the transience of things - an impending return home from an overseas adventure, a graduation, our child boarding the… — Sonja Lyubomirsky
As well as might we say that a ship is built, loaded and manned for the sake of any particular pilot, instead of acknowledging that… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
I'm obsessed with speed. I'm always asking myself, 'Why can't we do things faster? Why can't it happen more efficiently? Why is this requiring three… — Aaron Levie
The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have… — A. A. Gill
We shall have to begin all over again. [Taft hoped that] the Senators might change their minds, or that the people might change the Senate;… — William Howard Taft
People often find it easier to refute a fake extreme opponent than a more cautious real one, so they knock down the straw man instead.… — Unknown Author
Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic. — Lorna Luft
Great stories agree with our worldview. The best stories don't teach people anything new. Instead the best stories agree with what the audience already believes… — Seth Godin
DIGESTION, n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead - a circumstance from which that wicked writer,… — Ambrose Bierce
It seems the most logical thing in the world to believe that the natural resources of the Earth, upon which the race depends for food,… — Ralph Chaplin
I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead. — Witold Gombrowicz
Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the consequences. Maybe a… — Adriana Trigiani

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