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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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The equation of religion with belief is rather recent. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

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Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

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I'd rather tell you how I really feel. ↗

— Drake

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I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing. ↗

— Bjork

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Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody. ↗

— Bjork

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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

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I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I came from a conventional family and I didn't go off with different people - I rather wish I had now, seeing all the fun everyone else was having. ↗

— Jane Birkin

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I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes. ↗

— Jane Birkin

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