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We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.
To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.
Instead of hate, celebrate.
Live truth instead of professing it.
I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.
Have the courage to act instead of react.
Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.
Take the back roads instead of the highways.
Instead of yelling at a TV set, I get to talk.
Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?
I chose to do comedy instead of going to college.
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.
A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch.
I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead.
Instead of sports and all that other stuff, I did plays.
I grew up playing with dinosaurs instead of Barbie dolls.
It must be terribly lonely to be a king instead of a man.
Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.
Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.
Instead of giving people fish, teach them how to use hooks.
See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.
My idea of working out is drinking whiskey - instead of beer.
What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?
Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things.
I've just got a really bad smile. I go for the scowl instead.
Instead of trying to change people, we could change the world.
I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.
Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.
A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.
So instead of watching TV, we read every night together as a family.
Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
It's better to not overthink and let things happen normally instead.
You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
The next time you're tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead.
So I think instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer.
I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.
Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.
Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.
Instead of focusing on my looks I focus on the character that I am playing.
Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.
Instead of me having a breakdown, I'm focusing on me having a breakthrough.
Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.
Instead of sounding pretentious, phony, or repetitive, I'd rather not speak.
Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
