My parents are artists and they decided they would prefer to paint in the Mediterranean rather than in Scotland.

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People are so stubborn they would rather sleep in their bed of nails rather than in my bed of flower...
ANDONI GARCIA Most artists are surrealists.. always dreaming something and then they paint it.
DONG KINGMAN

I would rather go to bed with Lillian Russell stark naked than Ulysses S. Grant in full military reg...
MARK TWAIN

My instruction to my parents is that I would rather they enjoy their retirement than leave me anythi...
RICHARD C. ARMITAGE I prefer to stop today rather than risk my participation in the Games.
ANDRE LANGE They decided that rather than just doing a document dump, they would do a garbage dump on Monday, an...
JOHN PODESTA People are so ungrateful they would rather sleep in their bed of nails rather than in my bed of flow...
ANDONI GARCIA My parents really liked David and the kids, but they didn't like Posh. And when they met her family,...
REBECCA LOOS

Cute. I think I would prefer to be stabbed in the eye rather than be called cute.
ILONA ANDREWS I decided I would fill the emptiness in me with God and with paint.
KIMBERLY NOVOSEL Women are detail beings,hence they prefer sex to be in details than in haste.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)

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L. LIONEL KENDRICK I have to live with the facts as they are, rather than as I wish they would be or think they might b...
ED KEON

Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom...
ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

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DEYTH BANGER

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ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE My eyes were closed, they're open now
DAMIEN RICE

There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world throu...
W. WINWOOD READE We would all prefer for this to be resolved sooner rather than later.
PETER DOUST

I would prefer to do it sooner rather than later but not immediately.
STEPHEN HARPER

We artists are indestructible; even in a prison, or in a concentration camp, I would be almighty in ...
PABLO PICASSO I should’ve died with my parents… than live in this world,” I say, my voice is faint
He a...
ALYANNA MALLARI My parents, you see, were a little square. They cared more about being good parents in the general s...
JOSS SHELDON

There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time.
ALEC BALDWIN CBS decided they would rather take care of the boys than the girls. We had an association with them ...
HERB LOTTMAN Most people would prefer there are no known human carcinogens in what they drink.
JANE HOULIHAN

My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me ...
ED SHEERAN It's an awkward thing for the four home countries to do that. It would cause an awful lot of problem...
WALTER SMITH

My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.
AMBER TAMBLYN

Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.
BERTRAND RUSSELL

He knows much of what men paint themselves would blister in the light of what they are.
EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON He knows much of what men paint themselves would blister in the light of what they are
EDWIN A. ROBINSON

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GIA COPPOLA

My parents instilled something greater than myself. They instilled faith in me.
JOHNATHON SCHAECH Frank Miller and David Mack are incredible artists.
VINCENT D'ONOFRIO I would prefer that you think I'm gay, rather than trying to hit on you.
HUGH PIERCE

My parents had always been so careful with me, until the day they decided I needed to die.
MAGGIE STIEFVATER I would rather tame a tiger than try to paint stripes on one. I would rather have (that ability to p...
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"These two simply apprec...
STANLEY CAVELL I had to marry a Greek; I had to stir up the ethnic pot. Otherwise, my children would have been anem...
ALEXANDRA WENTWORTH In fact, if our kids are successful in every normal way, they can still miss God's main mark.
CRAIG GROESCHEL It's hard, especially when the whistle gets a little sensitive. They were getting in our paint more ...
DAMIEN WILKINS First, there are so many artists. Second, I wanted to give the idea of the art scene and not limit t...
CATHERINE GRENIER As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready ...
GARTH ENNIS The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and...
GEORGE LUCAS I prefer to LIVE my Ideal Life rather than focus on making a living.
LORRIN L. LEE The guys in A, they would rather win than breathe. That's just the way it is.
BILL TRIBOU Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker.
MILLA JOVOVICH Dogs are not allowed to choose where they live; my fate would be decided by people.
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SAINT TERESA OF AVILA To paint is a possessing rather than a picturing.
PHILIP GUSTON Look, the whole world wants to modernize, and when you look to what they mean by modernizing, they m...
RUPERT MURDOCH Location is everything, I'd rather camp in the Lake District or Scotland than sit in a five-star...
RORY BREMNER Sure we could replace war with paintball battles. But it would escalate to paint grenades, paint bom...
DAN FLORENCE Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what th...
OSCAR WILDE In my life outdoors, I've observed that animals of almost any variety will stand in a windy plac...
TIM CAHILL They don't like use or lose. They would rather pay with after-tax money than turn money back in.
HELEN DARLING Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper...
GALLAGHER Our parents would not be ‘The best parents in the world’ (to us) if they were not our parents.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA All nationalism is based on racism and hate. I'm Scottish; I was born in Scotland, as my parents...
PHILIP KERR My three daughters are all going to go to college, and it's not even a question. When I was appl...
XAVIER BECERRA Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things
in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ...
E.J. PATTEN Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produc...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA I like dirty boys. Mechanics, construction workers, artists who get paint and clay everywhere. They ...
TAMARA FELDMAN In consumer surveys, most prefer dealer referral rather than direct. They want the best information ...
DEAN DEBIASE They were fierce competitors, ... Often, it would be David passing Dylan in the woods.
PAUL MITCHELL My parents were strict and taught me the proper fundamentals that I would use in my life. They taugh...
BILLY CASPER Does he honestly believe that his constituents would prefer to see him lounging about in the Big Bro...
HILARY ARMSTRONG I prefer the Telugu film industry, as women are respected more than they are in the Tamil film indus...
KAJAL AGGARWAL All of the kids worked so hard to create this engineering feat. We are equally honored when they dec...
ROBYN ANDERSON Musicians were always coming and going in our house. My parents didn't play much, but they were ...
ERIK HASSLE When I think about the biggest studios in New York, they're owned by people that are not musicians o...
WYCLEF JEAN I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
BAO DAI There was this wonderful trick of going to the theater with my parents and sitting in the audience u...
TYNE DALY I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not inter...
ADAM CAROLLA Those who say they would rather fight to the death than be raped are fools. I would rather be raped ...
ALICE SEBOLD The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than ...
DANIEL BOULUD In the minds of my parents, they are the victims; I am the abuser.
CHRISTINA ENEVOLDSEN I prefer building rather than fundraising.
TRAVIS KALANICK If my parents didn't push me and didn't support education, I probably wouldn't be here today, ... Re...
ANNE SULLIVAN The fact that a young child would prefer to see donations to our agency rather than [receive] more s...
LAURA GREEN A lot of artists say they'd be happy in a classless society. But artists are often the first to dece...
BRAD HOLLAND She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING The Scottish sun, shocked by having its usual cloudy underpinnings stripped away, shone feverishly, ...
STUART HADDON A lot of their deals are like that. The last thing they would have wanted was a bidding war over Rus...
LOU MARINO I decided to accept people for where they are in life, keeping in mind that I would never be there a...
SUSIE L HILL Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to g...
KAREN ARMSTRONG I decided I would go to NYU so I could get into the comedy world and have legit housing, and my pare...
ILANA GLAZER I prefer to play and lose rather than win, because I know in advance I'm going to win.
ERIC CANTONA I would advise young artists . . . to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid o...
CLAUDE MONET Slayer fans are unforgiving. Early on in the career, if something changes, it's accepted. But 30...
TOM ARAYA I prefer to work with grey characters rather than black and white.
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are!
JOHNNY RAMONE Artists in Europe are really focusing on the Los Angeles art scene. For young people, Los Angeles lo...
CATHERINE GRENIER They know that coming to Franklin is a good thing, because they have people down here who would rath...
JUSTIN MARTIN My parents were involved in community theater in New Jersey. Instead of hiring a baby sitter, they w...
JANE KRAKOWSKI They are more attuned to thinking about their life in phases rather than completely around work.
JULIE DAUM Slavery in West Africa, and in Rome and in the Mediterranean, was something different than slavery i...
EDWARD BALL If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But t...
LAURA DERN My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I we...
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BERTRAND RUSSELL The good life is one inspired by life and guided by knowledge.
BERTRAND RUSSELL The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by wearine...
BERTRAND RUSSELL What else is there to make life tolerable? We stand on the shore of an ocean, crying to the night an...
BERTRAND RUSSELL We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act l...
DORA RUSSELL Marriage is for women the commonest mode of livelihood, and the total amount of undesired sex endure...
BERTRAND RUSSELL There is much pleasure to be gained in useless knowledge.
BERTRAND RUSSELL There is much pleasure ot be gained from useless knowledge.
BERTRAND RUSSELL The difficulty is old, but none the less real. An omnipotent being who created a world containing ev...
BERTRAND RUSSELL One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of p...
BERTRAND RUSSELL When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
ROSALIND RUSSELL It will be said that the joy of mental adventure must be rare, that there are few who can appreciate...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
BERTRAND RUSSELL All movements go too far, and this is certainly true of the movement toward subjectivity, whi...
BERTRAND RUSSELL When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will sea...
BERTRAND RUSSELL What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.
BERTRAND RUSSELL What makes a belief true or false I call a fact. The particular fact that makes a given belief true ...
BERTRAND RUSSELL An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best inc...
RUSSELL BAKER A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously tran...
BERTRAND RUSSELL The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the i...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
BERTRAND RUSSELL Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnecte...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Those who have never known the deep intimacy and the intense companionship of happy mutual love have...
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My parents are artists and they decided they would prefer to paint in the Mediterranean rather than in Scotland.

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