#otherwise

We assume, to begin with, that the individual is at least as complex in his internal structure as the language is which he speaks - otherwise, how could he speak a language which is complex? ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled. ↗

— Ramakrishna

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Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents. ↗

— John C. Ransom

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We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created. ↗

— Jay Rockefeller

#bring #civil #civil war #created #dilemma

Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might. ↗

— Merle Shain

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It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country. ↗

— Adam Smith

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Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. ↗

— Tobias Smollett

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I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn't marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

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When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

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I have a great family by the way, but you need to find people who can pull something out from you that might be otherwise unseen. ↗

— Kristen Stewart

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