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War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
I was striving to become an engineer, but something happened that made me think, 'Maybe I can make games instead.'
Instead of just talking about the fact that women should be equal, let's put legislation that enforces pay equity.
Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.
I think that with beauty, people jump to the end instead of starting from the beginning with a good lotion or prep.
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.
If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.
I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Obama had the opportunity to really unite this country in such a profound way, but instead, he has done the opposite.
The people that you think are supposed to be there for you and be happy for you - instead they want to tear you down.
But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube.
People can change, learn, and grow, and it's better to face your demons instead of perpetually running away from them.
You have to look to the future with optimism instead of negative ideas. Take the good and the bad and face it head on.
I want young girls to dream about being professional soccer players instead of just watching the boys go out and play.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
What I do is the opposite of building walls. I build bridges. A bridge is something that connects instead of separating.
How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.
Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.
Drinking water to quench thirst instead of sugar-sweetened beverages is important for weight control, and overall health.
Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
We must have the courage to restrict legal immigration instead of expanding it, even if we sometimes have to build a wall.
Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.
You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead.
I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future.
I knew the profanity used up and down my street would not go over the air... So I trained myself to say 'Holy Cow' instead.
Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
We need a data network that can easily carry voice, instead of what we have today, a voice network struggling to carry data.
I'm quite a loner. I realized that I'm very introverted, and I get energy by being alone instead of being with other people.
In general, we run the farm like a business instead of a welfare recipient, and we adhere to historically-validated patterns.
Another good rule for social media, I find, is to never type and post. Instead, be sure to type, pause, think, and then post.
I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll.
When it comes to art and science, people don't like a lot of either. Instead of being open to it, they're closed off about it.
Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?
I don't believe in luck. I don't believe in destiny. Instead, I believe that our lives are powered by countless microdecisions.
Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.
Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful.
It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.
I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.
I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.
My lunch is the staple Indian meal - rotis, vegetables and dal. But instead of wheat rotis, I have rotis made of bran or barley.
I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I had needed a size thirty-eight bra instead of a modest thirty-four.
Filecoin is a token with fundamental value. Filecoin is like Bitcoin, but miners amass hard drives instead of hashing computers.
The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.
Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
We didn't have football boots, and we used a broken tennis ball instead of a football. I didn't use a proper ball until I was 11.
I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.