#rather

I'm inspired by the poets, so I'm always going to give in that direction, rather than in any other. It's the making of me... and also the downfall of me. ↗

— Roy Harper

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I would rather have bad things written about me than be forgotten. ↗

— Pamela Harriman

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The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive. ↗

— Julie Walters

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Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed to be Alchemists. ↗

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

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I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them! ↗

— Nick Hornby

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Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another? ↗

— James D. Houston

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I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not. ↗

— Jim Elliot

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A lot of people would rather tour sewers than visit their cousins. ↗

— Jane Howard

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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others. ↗

— Edith Wharton

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