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• We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.

  T. S. Eliot

  Religion, Literature, Littles

  "A Dialogue on Dramatic Poetry" (1928)

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• But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.

  Tony Dungy

  Children, Dad, Father

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• A few years back, when my style was "punk grandma", I picked up an amazing pair of sandals - orthopaedic ones, with really thick soles. I've given them away to a friend now, because these days my look is more "1980s substitute teacher gone wild."

  Beth Ditto

  Teacher, Grandma, Years

  "The friendliest big little city in America" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2007.

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• When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

  Stephen Covey

  Strength, Children, Home

  "Our Children and the Crisis in Education" by Stephen R. Covey, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 20, 2010.

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• Trust funds can never be a substitute for a fund of trust.

  Edwin Louis Cole

  Literature, Fund, Trust Funds

  Edwin Louis Cole (1982). “Maximized Manhood: A Guide to Family Survival”, Whitaker Distribution

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• I like live audiences, with real people - virtual reality is no substitute.

  Hillary Clinton

  Real, People, Audience

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• There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

  Cesar Chavez

  Hard Work, Commitment, Acceptance

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• If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.

  Oswald Chambers

  Reality, Preaching The Gospel, People

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.694, Discovery House

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• Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Judgement, Initiative, Organisation

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• My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together, they worked really only until they were sixty.

  Lewis Black

  Mother, Teacher, Father

  "Lewis Black Is Mad as Usual and He's Going to Take It" by Matt Sullivan, www.esquire.com. November 2, 2010.

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• Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Ties, Debtors, Owing A Debt

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.40, 谷月社

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• Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.

  Arthur Erickson

  Entrepreneur, Today, Lasts

  Arthur Erickson's Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

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• I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.

  Nathan Fillion

  Book, Hands, Smell

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• The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Inspirational, Funny, Science

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• Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.

  James Madison

  Reading, Class, Amusement

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a great substitute for costly offsite workshops and conferences.

  Harvey Mackay

  Competition, Training, Climate

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• Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.

  Walter Lippmann

  Inspirational, Vices, Failing

  Walter Lippmann (1914). “A Preface to Politics”

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• Compassion is no substitute for justice.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Compassion, Justice, Owners

  "Undeniable Truth #35" in Limbaugh's radio show, February 18, 1994.

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• Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Inspirational, Humility, Personality

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.137, Vintage

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• If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.

  James A. Garfield

  Work, Skills, Presidential

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• In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Real, Humor, Want

  Thomas Jefferson (1977). “The Portable Thomas Jefferson”, p.407, Penguin

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• Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer.

  Brian Greene

  Science, Answers, Sometimes

  Brian Greene (2011). “The Elegant Universe”, p.365, Random House

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• I'm never, I hope, stupid enough to believe that Twitter or blogging or any of this stuff is a substitute for actually doing the work or writing a book.

  Neil Gaiman

  Stupid, Believe, Book

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• There is no substitute for face-to-face reporting and research.

  Thomas Friedman

  Research, Faces, Face To Face

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• Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

  Aesop

  Life, Fables, Appearance

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.21, Lulu Press, Inc

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