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Our grandparents' generation prefers to watch film on TV rather than going to the theatre because of the simple reason that they are really old. Watching a film for, say, two hours at a stretch is difficult for them. Mithila Palkar
Generation Theatre Simple Old Difficult Our Say TV Rather Simple Reason Hours Because Than Going Them Really Grandparents Reason Film Watch Watching Two Stretch
I don't think I'm alone in this: I'm obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment. Mitski
Happiness Alone Be Happy Happy Contentment Think Definition Rather More Only Maintain Obsessed Towards Ecstasy Than Trying Skewed
I tend to kind of try to use what's in my environment to the best of my ability rather than seek out things that I don't already have. Mitski
Best Try Out Kind Ability Seek Rather Tend Environment Than Use Things
I'm very much engaged in the political battles. But I'm doing it as a supporter of Republicans... rather than as an active candidate. Mitt Romney
Political Active Battles Rather Supporter Doing Very Than Candidate Republicans Much Engaged
I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self important. Plus no one is calling himself an imp right now. It makes me feel special. Mo Rocca
Myself Me Important Plus Rather Self No-One Feel Call Calling Himself Makes Sounds Than Special Satirist Now Right
I'd much rather go to a Banksy art show than a Moby art show. My art is painfully naive. Moby
Art Rather Naive Go Moby Than Much Show Painfully
I'd much rather go out and have music randomly presented to me by different DJs than stay home and discover it on my own. Moby
Music Home Me Own Randomly Out Stay My Own Rather Go Discover Than Different Much Presented
A lot of people do talk about the demise of the album, but I still believe that if an artist tries hard to make a great album, people will buy it and listen to it as an album, rather than just a collection of random songs. Moby
Buy Great People Random Will Believe Collection Tries About Rather Songs Demise Talk Make Still Lot Than Artist Listen Just Hard Album
Iran's goal is not to become another North Korea - a nuclear weapons possessor but a pariah in the international community - but rather Brazil or Japan, a technological powerhouse with the capacity to develop nuclear weapons if the political winds were to shift, while remaining a nonnuclear weapons state. Mohamed ElBaradei
Political Become Brazil Community State Weapons Winds Rather Remaining Develop Powerhouse Another Korea Were Shift Goal Iran North North Korea While Japan Capacity International International Community Nuclear Technological Nuclear Weapons
In most films, when we act, we don't see such meanings in what we do. Rather, we don't realise it. Only when we see it as a continuous film later on do we realise such deep meanings. That is the brilliance of the director. Mohanlal
Director Films Later See Rather Only Most Continuous Realise Meanings Act Deep Film Brilliance
I don't want to be a Michael Moore-style artist, which is not to disparage Michael Moore. But he seems rather unsuccessful at winning people over who don't already agree with him. Mohsin Hamid
People Moore Seems Rather Winning He Unsuccessful Over Him Michael Artist Want Which Disparage Who Agree
I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book. Mohsin Hamid
Book Painting Miniature Rather Than Create
It's not that, living in Pakistan, I feel an enormous constraint on how I can write and what I can say; rather, I recognize that one has to navigate these things... Am I aware of things that one could say that would be risky or that could be dangerous? Certainly I'm aware of those things. Mohsin Hamid
Dangerous Living Enormous Say Those Recognize Would Would-Be Constraint Rather Risky Could Write Feel How Am Certainly Navigate Pakistan Aware Things
American exceptionalism is grounded in the founding of the United States upon an idea, rather than upon the ambitions of men. Monica Crowley
Men Ambition States Rather Idea Than American Grounded United United States Founding
I don't speak English, so I cannot foresee a career in Hollywood. But I do see myself more and more as an actress rather than a dancer. Monica Cruz
Myself Speak Dancer See Rather More More And More Foresee Than Cannot Hollywood English Actress Career
God is being taken out of schools; children are not being raised in church learning the word; many parents are living lives unto themselves, exalting substance rather than Jesus Christ, and those looking for answers are going to church and finding the word is not being preached. There are consequences to these decisions. Monica Johnson
God Learning Word Christ Church Parents Looking Living Consequences Those Out Finding Rather Taken Unto Schools Answers Preached Than Going Substance Being Children Decisions Themselves Many Lives Jesus Jesus Christ Raised
I would much rather watch a horror film or science fiction than a comedy. I don't know why. I just like them. I find them relaxing. Moon Bloodgood
Science Comedy Relaxing Would Find Horror Horror Film Rather Like Know Science Fiction Than Just Fiction Them Much Film Why Watch
I think you have lots of actors who would much rather do a wonderful part at the Royal Shakespeare Company, but then you have to take a two-line part in a TV thing to pay the bills. Morfydd Clark
You Wonderful Pay Think TV Would Rather Shakespeare Take Part Lots Then Much Who Bills Company Actor Thing Royal
Maybe this is my left-wing conspiracy theory, but the right has re-branded itself as kind of the everyman party: Who's the person you'd rather have a beer with? The Republican Party, even though it's a party of incredible wealth and corporate interests, has hidden behind this everyman quality. Morgan Neville
Beer You Quality Wealth Conspiracy Party Incredible Everyman Corporate Corporate Interests Hidden Though Kind Rather Left-Wing Itself Person Behind Maybe Republican Republican Party Interests Theory Even Right
TV tends to laud the person with the perfect one-liner rather than the one with the better idea. Morgan Neville
Better TV Rather Perfect Tends Idea Than Person
I think the best writers use the language they use every day when they talk to friends. When we talk to each other, we tend to talk in short grabs rather than in long flowing sentences. I think that's not a bad way to write. Morris Gleitzman
Best Day Every Day Language Long Every Think Other Way Bad Rather Tend Write Writers Bad Way Talk Friends Than Short Sentences Use Each Flowing
That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person. Morrissey
You Problem Word Consider Sexual Rather Never Because Person Celibate Just The Problem With Moment
We're all lonely, but I'd rather be lonely by myself than with a long list of duties and obligations. I think that's why people kill themselves, really. Morrissey
Myself Obligations People Lonely Long Think Rather Long List Than List Duties Themselves Really Why
I'm attracted to people who are older rather than younger, and all ages have their potential and limitations. Morten Harket
People Older Rather Potential Attracted Limitations Than Younger Ages Who
If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love. Mortimer Adler
Love Self-Satisfaction Lust Pleasure Some Rather Only Takes Wrong Another Than Form Wants Sensual Desire
It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to give pleasure to the persons thus loved and not merely to use them for our own selfish pleasure. Mortimer Adler
Love Selfish Own Lust Addition Our Pleasure Sexual Sexuality Some Give Unbridled Rather Merely Thus Involved Also Than Impulse Want Loved Them Persons Use Need
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