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I have major sleeping problems. I'd rather be up thinking about things than actually sleeping.
The ethical manifold, conceived of as unified, furnishes, or rather is, the ideal of the whole.
I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination.
I'd rather there wasn't an afterlife, really. I'd much rather not be me for thousands of years.
I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
If I hadn't had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.
I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer.
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.
If I were a worm, I would rather be the long-lived mutant than the normal worm, that's for sure.
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate.
I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
I'm a goal-oriented person, and instead of focusing on the past, I'd rather focus on the future.
I wasn't captivated by the romance of Paris or London. I love visiting, but I'd rather be in L.A.
A lot of people prefer to be alone. They would rather be a palm tree on an island. I don't get it.
Works of art should be stimulating. They should wake people up rather than acting like a sedative.
I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
I'd rather be a guy that can build a house or fix a car than be able to walk like a ballet dancer.
Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.
When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.
We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
There is no other person on the face of this planet that I would rather sit and talk to than my wife.
I'm here to be an actor who wants to be remembered for her roles and her films rather than her looks.
Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.
For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one.
I'd rather be by myself than be spending any time or energy on somebody that I didn't feel sure about.
I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.
I would much rather devour a piece of well-seasoned squash than a slice of an animal's rotting carcass.
The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.
I am comfortable with technology. I am a private person and would rather not be on Twitter or Facebook.
If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
What keeps me going are my learnings, which I would rather call my 'experience,' and my urge to explore.
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.