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Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, 'I'm New Here,' doesn't mince words either, but instead of political battles, these songs suggest he's fighting personal ones.
Will Hermes
Words
Comeback
Political
Political Power
Black
Power
Fighting
Mince
Battles
Record
Songs
He
Instead
New
Issue
His
Personal
Whether
Either
Nuclear
Nuclear Power
Here
Suggest
The government adoption of AI will not bring about a government being run by robots. Instead, our government will continue to be run by people, with help from algorithms dramatically improving government services for all Americans.
Will Hurd
Government
People
AI
Will
Our
Dramatically
All Americans
Run
About
Adoption
Instead
Robots
Continue
American
Improving
Being
Help
Services
Bring
Instead of looking at individual buildings, it makes more metaphorical sense to think of New York as one enormous chunk of masonry that has been cut up and carved away. It says, 'This is the ultimate polis, through which humans move like nematodes.'
Will Self
Looking
Sense
Think
Enormous
Chunk
Says
Has-Been
Carved
More
Individual
Through
Instead
Masonry
New
Like
Makes
Buildings
Metaphorical
Ultimate
Been
Up
York
Move
New York
Which
Cut
Away
Humans
Our job is to sell our clients' merchandise... not ourselves. Our job is to kill the cleverness that makes us shine instead of the product. Our job is to simplify, to tear away the unrelated, to pluck out the weeds that are smothering the product message.
William Bernbach
Job
Shine
Our
Ourselves
Out
Pluck
Unrelated
Weeds
Merchandise
Simplify
Instead
Message
Cleverness
Makes
Clients
Sell
Us
Product
Tear
Away
Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming more and more indispensable.
William Graham Sumner
More
More And More
Indispensable
Instead
Becoming
Infancy
Being
Which
Capital
Companies
Thing
Incorporated
I agree that Ruskin has done much harm to counter balance much good in giving people the trick of talking about Art instead of really doing a little of it to enable them to understand.
William H. Hunt
Art
Good
Balance
People
Giving
Trick
About
Counter
Instead
Talking
Understand
Enable
Doing
Done
Little
Them
Much
Really
Agree
Harm
Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.
William Inge
Government
Democracy
Experiment
Only
Disadvantage
Weighing
Instead
Merely
Counting
Votes
Obvious
Them
The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime.
William J. Clinton
Say
Lifetime
Instead
Terms
Amendment
Modified
Should
Consecutive
Two
I try to cover myself, to have another movie under way before the last one comes out. I've been able to just scrape by, holding out for good parts instead of taking anything.
William Katt
Myself
Good
Try
Before
Holding
Way
Out
Good Parts
Able
Instead
Taking
Another
Parts
Cover
Been
Scrape
Just
Movie
Anything
Last
And instead of getting a pepper-and-salt effect, we find very clear and sharp divisions between the dialects of the United States, which are getting more different from each other as time goes on.
William Labov
Time
Other
States
Find
More
Divisions
Clear
Instead
Sharp
Between
Dialects
Effect
Very
Goes
Getting
Different
Which
Each
United
United States
Instead of playing something heavily, I play it lightly. Since people like to cast cyclically, once you've done one thing, people want to put you in that bag again. And since I want to work, I let it happen.
William Shatner
Work
You
People
Once
One Thing
Something
Cast
Put
Instead
Bag
Lightly
Since
Like
Done
Want
Happen
Again
Play
Thing
Playing
So far, I've never missed a deadline for a term paper, a review, a manuscript. I perform the mumbo-jumbo of voting with belief in my heart, I've not yet won even a jaywalking ticket, and unlike my father, whom I fault in this respect, I refrain from opting out of jury duty; instead, they mostly kick me out.
William T. Vollmann
Me
Respect
Heart
Fault
Voting
Father
Duty
Unlike
Kick
Paper
Out
Never
Instead
Perform
Missed
Term
Ticket
Mostly
Deadline
Review
Won
Refrain
Jury
Jury Duty
Far
Manuscript
Even
Belief
Whom
I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.
Wilt Chamberlain
Me
You
Nine
Seventh
Those
Rings
Russell
Give
Give Me
Having
Boston
Could
Points
Had
Instead
Least
Eight
Against
Bill
Games
Guarantee
In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that caters for the movie industry instead of being a counterbalance.
Wim Wenders
Age
World
Criticism
First
Become
Something
Consumerism
Instead
Over
Also
Industry
America
Being
Movie
Movie Industry
Europe
Film
Film Criticism
Instead of presiding over an economic system that panders to big business and a wealthy elite, a more human economy must be established which meets the needs of African women and young people.
Winnie Byanyima
Needs
Business
Women
People
Big
Young
Meets
System
Must
Wealthy
More
Economic
Instead
Economic System
Over
Economy
Big Business
Human
Established
African
Which
Young People
Elite
We don't want to tell young girls and boys that the odds are stacked against them from the start. Instead, we could tell them that with passion, conviction, and determination we can build a better future. This future is possible by redesigning our economy to truly reward hard work rather than wealth.
Winnie Byanyima
Work
Future
Hard Work
Determination
Wealth
Better
Passion
Reward
Girl
Build
Odds
Young
Conviction
Our
Possible
Tell
Rather
Better Future
Could
Instead
Economy
Boy
Truly
Than
Stacked
Want
Young Girls
Against
Them
Hard
Start
I don't want to be a grumpy old man or too pessimistic, because if I have a chance, I would prefer to watch a film in the cinema with an audience on a big screen instead of watching it on a cell phone. It's a very different experience, but somehow I think this form will have its own future and life.
Wong Kar-wai
Life
Future
Man
Cell Phone
Experience
Cinema
Phone
Old
Will
Big
Own
Think
Too
Would
Somehow
Instead
Because
Audience
Very
Cell
Big Screen
Screen
Different
Want
Form
Prefer
Old Man
Pessimistic
Film
Watch
Grumpy
Watching
Chance
The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.
Yair Lapid
Work
Time
Home
Business
World
Victory
Will
Situation
Satisfied
Defeat
Other
Lying
Our
Way
Our Time
Find
Win-Win
Win-Win Situation
Seeing
Entire
Only
Both
Rival
Attempting
Instead
Make
Because
Israel
Go
Go Home
America
Trampled
Gain
Meaning
Meaning Of
Us
Body
Your
Business World
Each
Floor
Wasting
Basis
Instead of personal security, citizens are afraid to walk down the street in Jerusalem.
Yair Lapid
Walk
Down
Security
Citizens
Instead
Personal
Afraid
Jerusalem
Street
I didn't have to apply my mind to the aspects of scales and playing, and instead, I focused on creativity. I wrote music, but I didn't 'practice' it. So yeah, you can always get better and improve your technique, but hopefully, that comes through being a musician and composing and being a creative individual.
Yngwie Malmsteen
Music
You
Creative
Creativity
Better
Mind
Practice
Focused
Musician
Scales
Hopefully
Composing
Individual
Through
Instead
Wrote
Always
Yeah
Improve
Get
Being
Aspects
Your
Technique
Apply
Playing
What I try to focus on is not to try to stop the march of technological progress. Instead, I try to run faster. If Amazon knows you better than you know yourself, then the game is up.
Yuval Noah Harari
You
Game
Yourself
Progress
Better
Try
Focus
Faster
Run
Instead
Know
Know Yourself
Knows
Amazon
Up
Than
Stop
Then
March
Technological
Technological Progress
If we slide into a pattern of just thinking about today, we'll end up reacting to yesterday instead of shaping something more constructive in the world.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Today
World
Yesterday
Thinking
Slide
About
Something
More
Constructive
Shaping
Instead
Reacting
End
Up
Just
Pattern
I mean, being a stuntwoman never occurred to me until I gave up gymnastics and started doing martial arts and met people that were stunt people. I was like, 'What? Wait. You get to fight and flip and get paid?' I was like, 'Mum, dad, check this out - I could do this stuff and get paid instead of having you guys pay for me to do it.'
Zoe Bell
Me
You
Fight
People
Wait
Met
Pay
Gave
Out
Martial
Martial Arts
Guys
Having
Gymnastics
Could
Never
Instead
Check
Stuff
Like
Until
Stunt
Occurred
Doing
Were
Up
Get
You Guys
Arts
Being
Mean
Paid
Flip
Dad
Mum
Started
Classic Christmas cookies are really time-consuming. Instead, make a bar you can bake in a pan and just cut up, like a brownie or a blondie or a shortbread, which still has that Christmas vibe.
Zooey Deschanel
Christmas
You
Classic
Instead
Like
Bake
Make
Still
Blondie
Time-Consuming
Up
Vibe
Just
Which
Bar
Cut
Really
Cookies
Pan
I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'
Zosia Mamet
Time
Book
Reading
Thinking
Ninety
Ninety Percent
Percent
Dates
Could
Instead
Particularly
Go
Found
Enjoyable
Politicians should aim for higher discourse, the media should report context instead of seeking to inflame the public, and the public should not reward bad behavior nor engage in it on social media.
Dan Crenshaw
Behavior
Reward
Social Media
Politicians
Aim
Bad
Bad Behavior
Seeking
Higher
Instead
Context
Discourse
Nor
Report
Inflame
Public
Social
Should
Engage
Media
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