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Whatever you build, you're building for the family - not with an eye toward getting away, but with an eye toward adding to the family pie. — J. B. Pritzker

I do a great deal of research. I don't want anyone to say, 'That could not have happened.' It may be fiction, but it has to be true. — Jacquelyn Mitchard

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune. — Charlie Chaplin

In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments. — Rutherford B. Hayes

Contentment is not escape from the battle, but rather an abiding peace and confidence in the midst of the battle. — Warren W. Wiersbe

I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either. — Jeremy Lin

I did end up doing substitute teaching, but there's not a lot of teaching involved in that. — Todd Barry

To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance. — Phillip Adams

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

To see the universe clearly, you need not only a clear sky but also a clear mind! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

God is glorified not by calling strong women but by giving His strength to weak women. — Lydia Brownback

No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge. — Lynn Abbey

God will facilitate, but He will not force. — Neal A. Maxwell

I had always been told by my parents, not implicitly told, but every inference was that Britain was the hub of the universe. — Rolf Harris

I promise you, when I'm done, your ass will be sore, but others will be dead." "You're not being literal, are you?" "Yes, your ass will be sore." I — Aleatha Romig

We do not hold that doctrine gives rise to awakening but rather that the individual awakenings come first. — Haruki Murakami

Girl that age ought not to have so many troubles, but she did. Looking at it that way, them two was about made for each other. — Bryn Greenwood

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.' — Eve

Perhaps sunlight had always been luminous, and doorways signs of greater passage than that of one room to another. But she'd not noticed it until now. — Clive Barker

Citizens are starting not to excuse political candidates who have web sites that do nothing but throw virtual confetti. — David Weinberger

I thank thee, king, For thy great bounty, that not only givest Me cause to wail but teachest me the way How to lament the cause. — William Shakespeare

It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end it itself. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday objects into personal expressions. — Gloria Steinem

I like slim style. It is good to catch up to the trend too, but not too much exposure. I like styles that would show their unique charms. — Yesung

Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of God — David Platt

Red Riding Hood is not a fairy tale, but rather a universal story about courage and growing up — Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

The goal is not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Savior. — Howard G. Hendricks

Currently, not only are Americans taxed on what they earn, but those assets are taxed again when they are passed on to a loved one. — Mary Bono

I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or anything. — Seann William Scott

There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff. — Peter Zumthor

Every mind has a horizon in respect to its present intellectual capacity but not in respect to its future intellectual capacity. — Gottfried Leibniz

Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player. — Padma Lakshmi

Will any man despise me? Let him see to it. But I will see to it that I may not be found doing or saying anything that deserves to be despised. — Marcus Aurelius

All my shoes somehow magically disappeared. But I'm not concerned. They'll show up sometime - even when you least expect it. — Luna Lovegood

Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality. — Martin Gardner

Peacekeeping works in some situations, but it very often needs other ingredients. Peacekeeping is not the aspirin of international security. — Jean-Marie Guehenno

Mental health problems do not affect three or four out of every five persons, but one out of one. — Karl A. Menninger

I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes. — Danielle Steel

God does not seek to destroy the evil nations, but their evil. — Sholem Asch

Anarchy is a function, not of a society's simplicity and lack of social organization, but of it's complexity and multiplicity of social organizations. — Colin Ward

I'm not perfect, but I think that I've done good to stay focused on what I'm called to do. — Joel Osteen

He's not the heart and flowers kind of guy, but he's the heart and soul kind, and fuck if every girl would rather that than flowers. — Jay McLean

I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society. — Marya Mannes

I'm not going to say that a very young Charlie Weber is without his indiscretions. But not anymore; I'm way past those days. — Charlie Weber

Remember that your real wealth can be measured not by what you have, but by what you are. — Napoleon Hill

I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now. — Ken Burns

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us. — Harry Emerson Fosdick

The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon. — Steve Maraboli

I'm not sure I'm okay with 2 guys gettin' married, but I don't wanna be a jerk about it. — Lizz Winstead

Riding a bike works your legs but not your brain. Playing chess works your mind but not your body. Climbing brings it all together. — Pat Ament

A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people, but those of multinational corporations. — Suzy Kassem

Sweden is famous for many things - but not fashion. — Stefan Persson

Dearest comrades, all is over and long gone, But love is not over ... — Walt Whitman

The love of my life came not
As love unto others is cast;
For mine was a secret wound--
But the wound grew a pearl, at last. — Edith Matilda Thomas

I do not sleep to dream
but dream to change the world — Martin Carter

We may not agree on what a good society is, but... we will never have one until we realize that the public we complain about is us. — Kenneth L. Woodward

It's ok to not be ok, but it's not ok to stay that way. — Perry Noble

Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better. — Xenophanes

Perhaps, after all, the greatest psychologist is not the metaphysician but the novelist. — Walter Besant

It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do. — Clay Aiken

We are not to be occupied with our feelings or symptoms,
or our faith or lack of faith,
but only with what God has said — Gordon Lindsay

The primary question about life after death is not whether it is a fact, but even if it is, what problems that really solves. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

As an adult, be child-like as you learn but not child-ish as you live. — Carew Papritz

A man may be ungrateful, but the human race is not so. — John Milton

I love you not for the person you are, but for your possibilities. — John Cheever

I do not want to give any orders to the airmen, but get hold of a Komsomol air unit, and say I want volunteers for the job. — Ivan Konev

Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches. — William Hogarth

The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices. — Agnes Obel

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it. — Plutarch

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of. — George Henry Lewes

The degree to which we openly express our feelings should be governed, not by fear of reprisal, but by our commitment to loving others. — Larry Crabb

Sometimes you just have to be proud of yourself, not just because of what you doing, but because of who you are — K.C Mathobela

It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it. — Ai Weiwei

Skepticism means, not intellectual doubt alone, but moral doubt. — Thomas Carlyle

I'm a great coder. But I am not pushing that so much anymore because there are thousands of great coders. — Bill Budge

Being in love is better than being in jail, a dentist's chair, or a holding pattern over Philadelphia, but not if he doesn't love you back. — Judith Viorst

Uncle Avery, who was not only postmaster but mayor of Pitchfork as well. — Beverly Cleary

God loves us and believes in us and has done and will do anything he can to help us, but he will not impose on our free agency. — Marion D. Hanks

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence. — Lech Walesa

MAKE WAVES WITH ME! My talk's not cheap, but sponsorship is inexpensive and tax-deductible. — Lisa Tolliver

Her bladder felt painfully, solidly full, as though it would burst and release not urine but the garbled prayers she was muttering. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them. — Hans Christian Andersen

One devoted to his cat would not leave it long alone. A cat's loyalty is not a thing to be taken for granted, but courted day by day. — Robin Hobb

it is still the case that he "can look in her eyes and disappear." He may not know how to live with her, but he will always know he loves her — Elaine N. Aron

You may not see it, but even the lowliest servant has value, purpose, worth. Everyone has a place and none of those places should be diminished. — Lorraine Heath

It's not rebels that make trouble, but trouble that makes rebels. — Ruth Messinger

The eros of advertising is lurid but not specific. — Mason Cooley

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them. — Woodrow Wilson

Sometimes milestones are not measured by the accomplishments of society, but by those of integrity. — Tamara Rose Blodgett

Regeneration, however it is described, is a divine activity in us, in which we are not the actors but the recipients. — Sinclair B. Ferguson

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. — Charles Caleb Colton

A 'weakness,' I now realize, is nothing but a strength not properly developed. — Fay Weldon

I'm not sure I've turned your Commander inside out, but I can assure you if that iron skillet was empty, I would bring him down a peg or two. — Julia Mills

Why can you believe the lie, but not the truth? — Stephenie Meyer

Everyone should own a piece of the wealth-producing capital of this country, but not everyone can be a manager. Or should be. — Louis O. Kelso

I'm not a real smart guy. But I've got enough brains to realize that when I'm 60 years old and play a sport, that it's downhill. — Lee Trevino

You decide every day who you will and will not be. Be bold in your decision but remember, choose wisely. — Joel Brown

It's not racist if I like the race. But I don't like Asian people. — Thom Yorke

True security lies not in the things one has, but in the things one can do without. — Og Mandino

When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of. — Cesare Pavese