#rather

Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#blood #born #does #duty #exist

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#expect #often #people #rather #reputation

If somebody asks me whether I'd rather sink the winning putt in the Ryder Cup or win a major, it's the major every day. World championship or Ryder Cup? Win a world championship. At the end of the day you're going to be remembered for what you achieve in an individual sport. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#asks #championship #cup #day #end

I'm not one to sit and wallow - I would rather figure out a way around so I can move past it and be at peace with things. I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#away #bad #feelings #figure #gnawing

I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laugh than make one person cry. ↗

— Wendy Liebman

#acting class #after #another #class #comedian

The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#belongs #exist #gypsies #improvisation #music

The consideration of change over the century is about loss, though I think that social change is gain rather than loss. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#century #change #consideration #gain #i

It was all that stuff about taking your parents' car when you're 13, sneaking booze into rock shows and ditching school with your friends. I could relate to that as a former teenager, rather than as a present parent. ↗

— Donal Logue

#booze #car #could #former #friends

I want to be remembered for the work that I've done, rather than the car accidents that I've gotten into, the men that I've not dated - or the man that I have. ↗

— Lindsay Lohan

#car #dated #done #gotten #i

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. ↗

— Jack London

#every #glow #i #magnificent #me