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• I quite like antiques. I like things that are old and the history they bring with them. I would rather fly to Morocco on an $800 ticket and buy a chair for $300 than spend $1,100 on one at Pottery Barn.

  Walton Goggins

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• I would seriously rather be in a long line at the DMV than eat with people I don’t know.

  Anne Lamott

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• In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

  Nelson Mandela

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• People get up, they go to work, they have their lives, but you’ll never see the headlines say, ‘Six billion people got along rather well today.’ You’ll have the headline about the 30 people who shot each other.

  John Malkovich

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• One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.

  Henry Miller

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• I know it sounds crazy, but you’ve got to let what you’re going to do find you, rather than you pursuing it.

  Tom Peters

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• I guess I’m quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.

  Bjork Guomundsdottir

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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 Guomundsdottir

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• I’ve always felt that I would rather see an actor, writer, or musician’s work, rather than actually know the person. If you know too much about an artist, it somehow lessens their ability to do their work as well.

  Christian Bale

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• I don’t even have an agent or manager, but rather have a number of associates who I turn to when needed; or conversely when they hear of someone looking for me they’ll contact me.

  Christopher Knight

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• We would all rather see Iraq resolved successfully.

  Charles Kennedy

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• A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.

  C. Northcote Parkinson

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• I would rather regret the things i have done than the things i have not.

  Lucille Ball

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• I would rather be with my kids than anybody else.

  Louis C.K.

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• Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.

  Pythagoras

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• If it took multiple debt ceiling hikes, I’d rather achieve the savings.

  Robert Phillips Corker Jr.

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• I would rather fight with you, than make love to anyone else.

  Unknown

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• I’m a rather decisive type.

  P. J. O'Rourke

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• I never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was interested in the idea of healing and in the psychological dimension rather early on.

  Robert Jay Lifton

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• So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower.

  Robert Fortune

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