#rather

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#because #broader #church #deal #expressed

I've got little ankles and a bit of a belly, so it makes me look rather an egg on legs. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#belly #bit #egg #got #i

I would rather be loved by somebody who respected me. ↗

— Jennifer Tilly

#loved #me #rather #respected #somebody

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#ensure #necessity #our #problem #rather

We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour. ↗

— Andrew Eldritch

#always #asked #because #before #decided

Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms. ↗

— John M. Ford

#also #been #course #culture #describe

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#find #interesting #large #life #like

I hope they get something of interest out of it, but I'd rather they all hate it and I like it, instead of vice versa... I make films to please myself first, and if the audience likes them, all the better. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

#better #films #first #get #hate

Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible. ↗

— Jimmy Connors

#brief #challenge #failure #get #inactivity

Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#buy #head #heart #home #investment