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• In some ways, I always thought you're better off behaving like a rock star when you're a normal person. Because if you do it as a rock star, you'll end up in the papers and your life will be made a misery.

  Jarvis Cocker

  Stars, Rocks, Paper

  "Jarvis Cocker answers your questions: 'Go on, then, give us the horrible ones'". Interview with Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2011.

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• I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, People, Would Be

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• The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.

  Warren Buffett

  Teacher, People, Degrees

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• People would be a lot better off if they'd enjoy being single.

  Lewis Black

  Being Single, People, Would Be

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• You want to know whether we're better off? I've got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!

  Joe Biden

  Alive, Want, Littles

  "Obama dogged by negatives". "PM" with Mark Colvin, www.abc.net.au. September 5, 2012.

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• Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?

  Stephen Ambrose

  Texas, California, Would Be

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• If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.

  James Herriot

  Inspiring, Loyalty, Gratitude

  James Herriot (2012). “All Creatures Great and Small: The classic memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet”, p.232, Pan Macmillan

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• I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.

  Olga Kurylenko

  Mom, Father, Would Be

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that.

  Mia Love

  Years, America, President

  "Convention speech highlights Mia Love’s GOP rise". Mia Love's speech during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, dailycaller.com. August 28, 2012.

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• If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.

  Casey Stengel

  Sports, Baseball, Crazy

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• The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back.

  Paul Ryan

  Government, Matter, Belief

  "Saving the American Idea: Rejecting Fear, Envy, and the Politics of Division". Speech at The Heritage Foundation, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), www.heritage.org. November 15, 2011.

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• The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself?

  Marco Rubio

  Children, Issues, Community

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• And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there.

  Marco Rubio

  America, People, Belief

  Marco Rubio's Conservative Political Action Conference speech, voices.washingtonpost.com. February 18, 2010.

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• Under Barack Obama, the only 'Change' is that 'Hope' has been hard to find. Now millions of Americans are insecure about their future. But instead of inspiring us by reminding us of what makes us special, he divides us against each other. He tells Americans they're worse off because others are better off. That people got rich by making others poor.

  Marco Rubio

  Insecure, People, Special

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• When introducing a character, you're usually better off sticking with broad strokes. The important thing at that point is not what color hair someone has or how tall they are, but rather, what kind of person they are.

  Jason Black

  Character, Hair, Color

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• America is not better off than it was $1.8 trillion dollars ago.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Dollars

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• Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and also things we wish we didn't.

  Steven Pinker

  Wish, Would Be, Needs

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• However much we might deplore the profit motive, or consumerist values, if everyone just wants i-Pods we would probably be better off than if they wanted class revolution.

  Steven Pinker

  Class, Want, Might

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• When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I'm going to do a big scene that's dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.

  Al Pacino

  Trying, Actors, Serious

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• When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

  Joel Osteen

  People, Feelings, Inspired

  Joel Osteen (2009). “Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

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• Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.

  Barack Obama

  Military, Mistake, Mean

  "Obama Libya Speech Strongly Defends Intervention" by Ben Feller, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2011.

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• If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens.

  Grandma Moses

  People, Would Be, Paint

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• Oprah's got good politics, she's got a good heart, and she'll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This cannot be a bad thing, and reading a book while we're Jazzercising. So America would be better off if Oprah were president.

  Michael Moore

  Morning, Reading, Book

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• I love England but everything that has happened makes me realise that I would be better off in the States.

  Heather Mills

  England, Would Be, States

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• I've learned that usually, the less I know about other people, the better off I am.

  Joyce Meyer

  People, I've Learned, Knows

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