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When the Kyoto Protocol enters into the force tomorrow, the world will take a significant and long-awaited first step towards stemming global warming. Instead of… — Nancy Pelosi
Let no man deceive you with vain words or vain hopes or false notions of a slight and sudden repentance. As if heaven were a… — John Tillotson
If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead. — Roald Dahl
Some find it easier to bend their knees than their minds. Exciting exploration is preferred to plodding implementation; speculation seems more fun than consecration, and… — Neal A. Maxwell
When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
In a 91-part series of sob stories from the laid off and the disgruntled, The NY Times is in the midst of bemoaning 'the downsizing… — Rush Limbaugh
Times have changed since a certain author was executed for murdering his publisher. They say that when the author was on the scaffold he said… — James M. Barrie
Most "original" ideas aren't completely original, but instead are the result of two basic methods for generating ideas: problems in search of solutions and solutions… — Barry Nalebuff
Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind. — Dorothy Day
We can put our whole heart into whatever we do; but if we freeze our attitude into for or against, we're setting ourselves up for… — Pema Chodron
It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do. — Barack Obama
You can work on healing, uplifting, and changing situations from a place of forgiveness, instead of from a place of resentment. Forgive yourself and everyone,… — Doreen Virtue
Worshiping the teapot instead of drinking the tea. — Wei Wu Wei
Networking is rubbish; have friends instead. — Steve Winwood
Husbands and wives should have separate interests, cultivate different sets of friends and not impose on the other. You can't spend a lifetime breathing down… — Paul Newman
People often expect the other person to respond first in a positive way, instead of taking the initiative to create that possibility. I feel that's… — Dalai Lama
The temptation to entertain instead of selling is contagious. — David Ogilvy
Letting go does not mean pushing away or negating thoughts or feelings that come to us - but instead being with the feeling. We start… — Krishna Das
Live today. Remove all blame from your vocabulary. Catch yourself when you find yourself using your past history as a reason for your failure to… — Wayne Dyer
As Christians we’re called to belong, not just to believe. We are not meant to live lone-ranger lives; instead, we are to belong to Christ’s… — Rick Warren
Direct your mind where you want it to travel instead of always going for the ride. — Kris Carr
If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we… — Julia Cameron
I hope that you, too, will choose to have a journey instead of just a life. Actually, I hope it's a full on expedition. — Kelly Cutrone
Mingled vanity and pride appear in this, that when miserable men do seek after God, instead of ascending higher than themselves as they ought to… — John Calvin
Love isn’t just something we feel for others, it’s who we are. Though we usually think of love as a stream of emotion flowing between… — Marci Shimoff

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