#alternative

Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#better #find #got #increasing #just

The alternative minimum tax was designed to prevent the very wealthiest Americans from overusing certain tax benefits to avoid most of their tax burden. ↗

— Richard Neal

#avoid #benefits #burden #certain #designed

Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of 'medicine.' That's something you might remind your New Age friends who've gone gaga over 'holistic medicine' and 'alternative Chinese cures. ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

#china #chinese #holistic #age

If I want my people to be free, Americans have to be free. ↗

— Russell Means

#libertarian #native-american #men

So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a little bit less, and cases might be easier to prove. ↗

— Susan Estrich

#bit #burdens #cases #civil #easier

During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training for them. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#arranged #candidates #during #election #first

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#best #cherished #failed #folly #life

There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#alternatives #appreciation #courage #honour #inspiring-quotes

There will never be slaves in Britain,' Godalming continued, 'but those who stay warm will naturally serve us, as the excellent Bessie has just served me. Have a care, lest you wind up the equivalent of some damned regimental water-bearer.' In India, I knew a water-bearer who was a better man than most. ↗

— Kim Newman

#horror #vampires #nature

The only way to address terrorism is to deal with the issues that create terrorism, to resolve them where possible, and where that's not possible to ensure that there is an alternative to violence. ↗

— Cofer Black

#alternative #create #deal #ensure #issues