Ben Carson

Well, I say that the most important job you can possibly have is raising a child, and it needs to be treated that way. You have to show them, rather than just talk to them.

American Scientist

Viktor E. Frankl

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.

Austrian Psychologist

Anais Nin

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

American Author

Bertrand Russell

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

British Philosopher

Khalil Gibran

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.

Lebanese Poet

Harry S Truman

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

American President

John Kennedy

I would rather drink weedkiller than support Obamacare.

American Lawyer

Lyndon B. Johnson

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Thomas Aquinas

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

Italian Theologian

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Friendships are discovered rather than made.

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'Rather than' helps clarify a choice between two options or actions.

Decision Making

 millions of years of evolution have fine-tuned the immune system so that it works for, rather than against us. The symptoms of our illnesses are annoying, but collectively, they signify an ancient process that will continue barricading our bodies against the outside world for centuries to come.

The surprising reason...

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 and enhancing your memory. This might explain why people never forget their first kiss. The idea of so much of our attraction being influenced by chemicals and evolutionary biology may seem cold and scientific rather than romantic, but the next time you see someone you like,

The science of...

 but meeting the European's massive demand created intense competition. Slavery replaced other criminal sentences, and capturing slaves became a motivation for war, rather than its result. To defend themselves from slave raids, neighboring kingdoms needed European firearms,

The Atlantic slave...

 Your life will always be filled with stressful situations. But what matters to your brain and entire body is how you respond to that stress. If you can view those situations as challenges you can control and master, rather than as threats that are insurmountable,

How stress affects your...

 It's expensive, it takes a long time, and it's very complicated. And the people that build things -- developers and governments -- they're naturally afraid of innovation, and they'd rather just use those forms that they know you'll respond to.

Why the buildings of the...

 Studies have shown that inducing nostalgia in people can help increase their feelings of self-esteem and social belonging, encourage psychological growth, and even make them act more charitably. So rather than being a cause of mental distress,

Why do we feel...

 Although Roman culture was never fully lost, its influence declined and new art styles arose focused on religious symbolism and allegory rather than proportion and realism. This shift extended to architecture

A brief history of goths...

 it's such a successful strategy the jellies are one of the most common life forms on the planet but among the jellies and looking somewhat like them is a rather more complex and sinister

The Deadly Portuguese...

 what we're in right now the Cold War is alive and well and we will not help contribute to stabilizing the world until we start playing the game were in rather than playing the

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