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It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have been going to the gym instead of the bar, trying to get back down to my fighting weight. — Gregg Allman
Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more… — Bertolt Brecht
If they are not an advanced race from the future, are we dealing instead with a parallel universe, another dimension where there are other human… — Jacques Vallee
She thinks, I failed twice. If I failed twice I'm going to fail forever. No! That is not the law of life. If you failed… — Cesar Millan
Just consider, my friend, whether a pure spirit and virtue are anything other than saving your life and being saved. Perhaps we need to discard… — Marcus Aurelius
I despise 'animal welfare.' That's like saying, 'Let's beat the slaves three times a week instead of five times a week'. — Gary Yourofsky
Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self esteem. That means, 'I feel so low that instead of picking myself up, I have to… — Pope Francis
Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfil it, it would be better to first… — Ramana Maharshi
Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own. — Gautama Buddha
My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them (the framers of the Constitution) to… — Patrick Henry
The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what… — George Bernard Shaw
Anyone who asserted wrong teachings, anyone serving the devil or his demons, earned instead an equally remarkable antagonism. In their official high meetings together, Christians… — Ramsay MacMullen
Oftentimes, small business owners are unable to obtain reasonably priced financing and instead turn to higher priced forms of capital, such as credit cards. — Melissa Bean
There's been a boiling down of real emotion into a set pattern instead of individualism. — Skeet Ulrich
Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others. — Confucius
Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open. — Gustav Klimt
I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons,… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one of the most… — Henry Walter Bates
Hate nobody; love everybody. It won't cost you anything. Love never costs anything. Love is the most selfish act. It gives you so much protection,… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods. — Michael Herr
Numbers have dehumanized us. Over breakfast coffee we read of 40,000 American dead in Vietnam. Instead of vomiting, we reach for the toast. Our morning… — Dalton Trumbo
In meditation we can watch the itch instead of scratching it. — Ram Dass
The organization controlling the material equipment of our everyday life is such that what in itself would enable us to construct it richly plunges us… — Raoul Vaneigem
Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of the mechanism that… — Peter Kropotkin

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