#rather

I don't want to prove to anyone or prove to myself. I'd rather just enjoy and show myself that I am capable of doing it and actually going through the process. ↗

— Elvis Stojko

#am #anyone #capable #doing #enjoy

I know a lot of writers who would much rather be writing the Great American Novel, but they've got bills to pay and alimony, and so they take a job at a less-than-reputable paper. You know, you do what you gotta do. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#american #bills #got #gotta #great

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#mark #pride #rather #than #vanity

Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep. ↗

— Janet Street-Porter

#fiction #forget #found #go #good

It is an open secret that Jews do not work, but rather let others work for them. ↗

— Julius Streicher

#open #others #rather #secret #them

As a confirmed individualist I certainly do not wish to underrate the influence of the individual, for the masses do not lead the individual; rather, in the individual is vested the capacity to lead the masses. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#certainly #confirmed #i #individual #individualist

I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm it out to somebody else. I don't have an assistant or anything because I think I can do it myself. ↗

— Mark Strong

#assistant #because #else #farm #generally

Because I had children relatively late - in my 40s rather than in my 20s - it wasn't anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children. It was a revelation because it suddenly makes me realize, 'Oh, I get it. Now I know what to do with the rest of my life.' ↗

— Mark Strong

#because #children #ever #get #had

If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#exacerbate #farm #fish #fishing #fleets

Why not try thinking of your life as hilarious rather than nightmarish? ↗

— Julia Sweeney

#life #rather #than #thinking #try