Rather Quotes
10955 quotes by 6380 authors
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The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend…
— Adele
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In five years' time I'd like to be a mum. I want to settle down and have a family, definitely sooner rather than later. I'd…
— Adele
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A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter, could function on its own;…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have…
— Warren G. Bennis
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Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're…
— Candice Bergen
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I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather…
— Milton Berle
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Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.
— Georges Bernanos
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It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to…
— Mortimer Adler
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When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There…
— Mortimer Adler
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If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than…
— Mortimer Adler
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While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.
— Halle Berry
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Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.
— Mortimer Adler
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I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is…
— Mortimer Adler
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Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.
— Bruno Bettelheim
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I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in…
— Aneurin Bevan
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Not all my shoes are designer. In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter…
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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I'm really interested in fashion but at the same time I find it quite competitive. Second-hand stuff leaves you more open to whatever your own…
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be…
— Jo Bonner
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