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My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.
John Bolton

Best, Government, Philosophy

It is better to not even try it than to endure the ramifications of either quitting smoking or dying.
Christy Turlington

Try, Smoking, Dying

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.
Henri Matisse

Grow, Tree, Instinct

The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power.
John Podhoretz

Power, Rule, Opposition

There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There's only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.
John Podhoretz

End, Light, Republican

I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way.
Adam Lambert

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.
Robert Browning

Forward, Sleep, Fight

That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses.
Helena Bonham Carter

Often, Normal, Films

I'm always attracted to lower budget, not because it's lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts.
Helena Bonham Carter

Budget, Scripts, Attracted

In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.
Doris Lessing

Writing, Story, Process

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
Doris Lessing

Love, Work, Quite

They can't give a Nobel to someone who's dead so I think they were probably thinking they had better give it to me now before I popped off.
Doris Lessing

Someone, Thinking, Give

I don't know how anybody gets better at anything aside from doing it.
David Duchovny

Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it.
David Duchovny

Writing, Play, Sometimes

I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers.
Margaret J. Wheatley

Survival, Becoming, Depends

I've got the god given talent or the god given opportunity better put, to let that out in a harmless way you know, and I don't know what it does to you, I don't really know.
Eric Clapton

God, Put, Talent

For better or for worse, I've watched people die in front of me. I see how they are in the end. And they're not cynical. In the end, they wanna hold somebody's hand. And that's real to me.
Mitch Albom

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

Build, Air, Cards

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

Soldiers, Handful

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
Bryan Adams

Time, Social, Both

The older I get the better I used to be!
Lee Trevino

Unless we do things in this country to slow down our population, slow down our birth control, provide better water for people, provide power for people, we're gonna find out that the next wars are not going to be fought over diamonds, gold and political things.
Evel Knievel

Power, Political, Control

The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.
Anne Lamott

Work, Waiting, Ways

You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in.
Ian Mckellen

Life, Time, Good

I am all for anything that is going to better equip a person who is physically challenged in any way, to have an opportunity to be able to do what they are able to do.
Stevie Wonder

Person, Able, Physically

Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.
Jeb Bush

Teacher, Difference, Quality

Breast cancer deaths in America have been declining for more than a decade. Much of that success is due to early detection and better treatments for women. I strongly encourage women to get a mammogram.
Larry Craig

Success, Women, America

Let's hope you feel better now.
Jack Kevorkian

Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home, take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel.
Ben Stein

Work, Home, Sleep

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.
Lincoln Chafee

Left, Unsaid, Diplomacy

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