#instead

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas. ↗

— Eric Bentley

#bright #genuine #ideas #instead #jargon

I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it. ↗

— Todd Barry

#down #friends #got #had #i

I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning. ↗

— John Barrymore

#clock #find #give #give me #i

They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#call #cnn #instead #leaders #lies

I went across the fields to avoid the straight highways, along the firing lines where people were shooting at a small wooded hill, which is now covered with wooden crosses and lines of graves instead of spring flowers. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#along #avoid #covered #crosses #fields

I pushed myself way too hard during the first year of Veronica Mars and I got moody and run-down. Now I'll go to bed early instead of going out with friends. It's not always the most fun option, but I know I need at least eight hours of sleep to feel balanced. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#balanced #bed #during #early #eight

Rough Riders took 13 weeks to shoot, plus a week of training. The same guy trained us trained the cast in Platoon. Except, instead of radios, we used bugles to signal. ↗

— Tom Berenger

#except #guy #instead #platoon #plus

I tried to steer the student newspaper toward more pertinent information instead of the usual gossip and bull. ↗

— Tom Bergeron

#gossip #i #i tried #information #instead

Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#enjoy #favourite #fortunately #going #instead

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#carrying #certain #courage #dignity #enough