#substitute

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. ↗

— Andrew Brown

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The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions. ↗

— John Ruskin

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I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention. ↗

— Diane Sawyer

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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#corrupt #democracy #election #few #incompetent

A changeling is one child substituted for another. I couldn't find anything more apt. We had to kind of fight that supernatural element in the publicity, and I offered to try and find another title, but Clint liked it, and it stayed. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

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There is no substitute for hard work. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer. ↗

— Brian Greene

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