#rather

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. ↗

— John le Carre

#credible #every #fiction #fiction writer #knows

I don't think it's any coincidence that I lost my religious faith and 'manned up' in the same year. I was described somewhere as a lapsed Catholic, which is funny because I'm not going back! I want to achieve things rather than live life in an animalistic way. ↗

— Jimmy Carr

#animalistic #any #back #because #catholic

I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting. ↗

— Queen Victoria

#disgusting #dislike #i #i think #ones

I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#actor #getting #good #good actor #good guy

Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#adventure #always #good #guarantee #inevitability

If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die. ↗

— Claudette Colbert

#i #laugh #rather

Rather, like the anarchists of the last century, he didn't care if he was killed or not. They just wanted to be known. We found no trace of any conspiracy. ↗

— John Sherman Cooper

#care #century #conspiracy #found #just

I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition. ↗

— Jean-Francois Cope

#chose #division #everyone #forgiveness #i

I'd rather duplicate it myself. Another of our favourite techniques. ↗

— Stewart Copeland

#duplicate #favourite #i #myself #our

I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles. ↗

— Ice Cube

#around #back #been #city #come