#instead

You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving only its hardiest show-offs. Instead, it has metastasized like toxic mold, filling every nook and opening new crannies. ↗

— James Wolcott

#every #filling #idealistic #instead #leaving

This generation... they have a different attitude. Instead of sitting and watching something, they want to be a part of it - they're very hedonistic and sensual. ↗

— Steve Wynn

#different #different attitude #generation #hedonistic #instead

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

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Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people. ↗

— Kathie Lee Gifford

#chaos #culture #decent #decent people #freaks

I pretty much only write by default, because I want to make certain projects so instead of trying to wait and find them, I create them, but I'm not really a writer. ↗

— Sara Gilbert

#certain #create #default #find #i

You know, why at the end of your life should you assemble thousands of pages of 'Why am I so sad, why am I so depressed?' Instead, assemble thousands of pages of why you're so content. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#assemble #content #depressed #end #i

I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed. ↗

— Al Gore

#beginning #carbon #change #changes #harder

The leadership lost its nerve. Instead of taking the lead in the reform movement... they pulled the plug on it. They tried and are still trying to return the church to the dry ice of the previous century and a half. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#church #dry #half #ice #instead

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges. ↗

— Benny Green

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