Instead
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Psychologists have known this for decades, and it's time for policymakers to start paying attention and listen to psychologists a little bit,
instead
of economists.
And
instead
of going home, she conferred with all the other women that she works with, who said to her, "Stay out.
But
instead
of a bellows, I had a leaf blower.
Instead, we had taken first steps together, past our knee-jerk reactions to the ubuntu place, which is the only place where solutions to our most intractable-seeming problems will be found.
I've heard about recruiters who are quick to label a candidate a job-hopper based on a single short stint on their resume; read about professors who are more likely to ignore identical messages from students because their name was black or Asian
instead
of white.
This is what you want
instead.
Instead, she knew what I needed, and she bought me a book of cartoons.
And what was so striking about that time was,
instead
of repulsing people, I was actually proving to be a magnet for people.
Instead, it was everybody running the other way.
Instead, it was all-hands-on-deck.
He's just a kid that grew up playing with tools
instead
of toys.
Instead
of taking off, she falls back and she grabs Paula Radcliffe, and says, "Come on.
Instead
of losing, she blazes past the lead pack and wins.
That day,
instead
of being invisible, I chose to be looked at, just by wearing something different.
And
instead
what we got were trolls.
Love, Dad" (Laughter) Now, the great thing about that tweet if you look at it, just like most trolls, it's not that bad, because he wished "leporsy" on me
instead
of "leprosy," and "leporsy" is not dangerous at all.
She is the only girl among boys, and is barely missing her female cousins and friends, who are inside the home
instead
of the school, because they are not allowed to get an education alongside boys.
And the people thought for themselves, "Maybe we should live with this kind of authoritarian situation that we find ourselves in,
instead
of having the second scenario."
And the army took them, and
instead
of bringing them to the police station, they brought them to an enemy favela where they get chopped into pieces.
This is actually a desktop inkjet printer, but
instead
of using ink, we're using cells.
My dad facetiously says, "We wanted to save the world, and
instead
we just got rich."
Instead, what she really wanted to do was make films.
And
instead
of a balanced information diet, you can end up surrounded by information junk food.
Instead, the context, the common ground activities, are the content on television that's driving the conversations.
He doesn't lose the water right, he just chooses to apply that right, or some portion of it, to the stream,
instead
of to the land.
If I should have a daughter,
instead
of "Mom," she's going to call me "Point B," because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me.
But I know she will anyway, so
instead
I'll always keep an extra supply of chocolate and rain boots nearby, because there is no heartbreak that chocolate can't fix.
She was maybe eight feet tall and looked like she could beat me up with one hand, but
instead
she just nodded at me and said, "Hey, I really felt that.
I use spoken word to help my students rediscover wonder, to fight their instincts to be cool and unfazed and, instead, actively pursue being engaged with what goes on around them, so that they can reinterpret and create something from it.
It taught me that
instead
of acting like I know what I'm doing or I have all the answers, it's perfectly OK to say, "I don't know.
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