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I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome. ↗

— Epicurus

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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

#face #i #live #looks #me

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

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Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

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I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me. ↗

— Conrad Black

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Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character. ↗

— Clarence Day

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No real blood flows in the veins of the knowing subject constructed by Locke, Hume, and Kant, but rather the diluted extract of reason as a mere activity of thought. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

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I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. ↗

— Walt Disney

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Really, if I'm gonna eat a meat, I'd rather eat venison than anything and I do like it a little on the rare side. That's probably my favorite meat and I've had some awfully good venison in some of the great restaurants. ↗

— Mike Ditka

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