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The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. George Washington

Revenge, Party, Natural, Spirit, Over

I work out for an hour and a half every day, alternating between cardio and weights. I also do yoga for an hour every alternate day and swim every other day. Tena Desae

Work, Day, Every Day, Swim, Out, Half

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives. Henry James

Museums, Palaces, Conservatives

Get into the habit of imagining an alternate scenario. By posing such 'imagine if' questions... we can distance ourselves from the frames, cues, anchors and rhetoric that might be affecting us. Noreena Hertz

Habit, Questions, Distance, Rhetoric, Us

I always say that my favorite people to interview are the people who are at the beginning and the ends of their lives because they have two alternate perspectives of the world, and neither of them are less profound. Brandon Stanton

World, Beginning, People, Say, Interview

In basic research, intellectual rigor and sentimental freedom necessarily alternate. Victor Vasarely

Freedom, Research, Intellectual, Basic

The point of essays is the point of writing anything. It's not to tell people what they already think or to give them more of what they already believe; it's to challenge people, and it's to suggest alternate ways of thinking about things. Meghan Daum

Challenge, People, Writing, Think, Tell

At the very least, noir offers an alternate reality - moments of real passion, a bleak code of honor, and a need for freedom amid corruption. At its best, noir offers a map of subversion. Margo Jefferson

Best, Freedom, Passion, Honor, Moments

In the 'Dreamblood' books, I'm focusing more on what I like about epic fantasy: the layering and depth of tension; the chance to really delve into the minutia of an alternate society and its politics; a large cast of characters to love and hate. N. K. Jemisin

Love, Politics, Hate, Society, Chance

As a kid, I loved the idea of alternate possibilities, roads not taken, that sort of thing - and I think seeing the 'Adventure Time' universe rendered by the artists in those stories will scratch that same itch really well. Ryan North

Time, Adventure, Roads, Loved, Think

In the many-mansioned house of Alternate History, I occupy a small corner. The trio of what-ifs I chronicled in 'Then Everything Changed' all begin with tiny, highly plausible twists of fate that lead to hugely consequential shifts in history. Jeff Greenfield

History, Fate, Small, House, Everything

Both times I was in India, I could not get people to listen to each other. I had to literally tell people to listen to each other and tell them that they can't get creative and find alternate solutions if they don't listen to each other. There's a lot of arguing and justifying. Stephen Covey

Creative, People, India, Listen, Find

Musicals don't get enough credit for being so surreal. It's like an alternate universe. Ezra Koenig

Universe, Credit, Enough, Like, Musicals

As a kid, I spent an awful lot of time pretending I was somebody else. I think growing up in the 1980s wasn't very exciting so you kind of create this secret life of an alternate person. You pretend to be whatever you need to be that day, so you live in that dream world. Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Life, Time, Day, Live, World, Think

The alternate media are becoming important and viable alternatives to playing live. Records, videos, that kind of thing. They're going to start to count for something. Because there's only a limited amount of us-time available to us. Jerry Garcia

Live, Start, Media, Kind, Important, Us

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals. Franz Schubert

Man, Two, Sane, Other, Eccentric, Govern

Top athletes understand that to play at their best, they must alternate periods of intense performance with periods of strategic renewal. Robin S. Sharma

Best, Performance, Play, Understand, Top

I attend dance class every alternate day, and it works like a cardio workout for me. I also do weight training in the gym every alternate day. Tena Desae

Day, Dance, Training, Me, Gym, Class

My dream job is to be a rock drummer and the alternate drummer for the Foo Fighters. Rachael Ray

Job, Rock, Dream, Drummer, Fighters

I would sing to my Beanie Babies, and I sort of created this alternate universe where I was famous, and there were thousands of people that I was singing to. Mary Lambert

People, Famous, Singing, Universe, Sing

Not being in tune with your customers is like living in an alternate reality; the way you think your customers feel about your product is not always the same as what your customers really think about your product. Bo Bennett

Reality, Think, You, Feel, Living, Way

As we begin to have landings on the moon, we can alternate those with vertical launch of similar crew modules on similar launch vehicles for vertical-launch tourism in space, if you want to call it that... adventure travel. Buzz Aldrin

Travel, Adventure, Moon, Space, You

I alternate between a few scents. I love 'Oribe Cote d'Azur Eau de Parfum' and both the 'Wild Bluebell' and 'Wood Sage & Sea Salt Colognes' by Jo Malone. Meghan Markle

Love, Sea, Wood, Wild, Salt, Sage

I think human beings will always still really enjoy using our imaginations, and 'Fringe' allows you to do that. It's slightly scary and believable. There just might be an alternate universe. There just might be people on the other side that are like us, living a different life. Jill Scott

Life, People, Universe, Think, Enjoy

'The Lord of the Rings,' published in the mid-1950s, was intended as a prehistory to our own world. It was perceived by Tolkien to be a small but significant episode in a vast alternate mythology constructed entirely out of his own imagination. Peter Jackson

Imagination, World, Small, Own, Lord

When you are up there, feeling infinite space, the earth looks like a fragile planet against the immense universe. We are just another fleeting species, passing by. I do believe there is life elsewhere, and we are not alone. But not having found an alternate place for now, it is crucial to take care of the one place we do have. Guy Laliberte

Life, Alone, Space, Care, Believe, Place

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