#rather

My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse. ↗

— Shelby Lynne

#band #i #rather #rehearse #tell

There has been hardly a single year since 1917, and in a certain sense since 1905, without a revolution somewhere in the world in which the workers participated in a rather important way. ↗

— Ernest Mandel

#certain #hardly #important #important way #participated

There is a kind of thinking in the Church that wants to reduce the priest to a mere functionary, a managing director, where administration rather than doctrine and worship are to determine the form of the Church. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#church #determine #director #doctrine #form

I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an answer for myself, for the theater, or the play-but rather the most accurate possible statement of the problem. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#answer #formulation #great #great thing #i

Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers might argue that those excesses were responsible for some great records, but I know which side I came out on. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#although #argue #came #certainly #excesses

I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself. ↗

— Don Van Vliet

#because #better #engine #felt #get

And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written. ↗

— Laura Wade

#dirty #i #joke #laugh #people

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#excellence #gift #lies #rather #than

I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films. ↗

— Kate Winslet

#american films #british #films #getting #hopes

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#activity #due #injustice #itself #justice