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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

George Bernard Shaw

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.

Saint John Chrysostom

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base - in both senses - greed.

John Fowles

People go away in the summer, and we always need substitutes. We would like to provide everybody an opportunity that would like to help.

Jane Waters

Right now our concern is exactly what happened in the classroom, but also more importantly whether it was on a computer with the district or it may have been the substitutes own personal computer.

Margaret Gallardo

A computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.

Robert S. McNamara

I felt strongly about the gutsy performance of the players who stayed on the field. We didn't have many substitutes.

Bob Bandoni

We really had a great experience. I was very pleased with our effort. Due to injuries, we were the only team that had to play with no substitutes, but still competed and played very well against two great teams.

Meg Colado

The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.

Joshua Loth Liebman

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.

John Andrew Holmes

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Unfortunately, I do know how to come back from injuries. It's no secret. It's just hard work and luck. When you're injured, it's a lot of hard work. There are no shortcuts, no substitutes. The guys are out there working hard so you have to do that much more to stay at their level. And when you do come off the IR, you just try not to embarrass yourself.

Reggie Berg

Due to illness and injuries, we ended up with just two substitutes to end the game. But our grit and determination pulled us through.

Greg Wall

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.

Iris Murdoch

Missing four players really put a bind on us and with the added 10 feet because of the court at Huntingdon College our girls got winded and we didn't have substitutes for them.

Heath Gibson

This shows that you can't rely on using low-fat substitutes to make a difference. You really need to think about what kinds of fats you're eating and the foods that should be part of your diet, such as vegetables, for instance.

Marcia Stefanick

Most clinicians I know are glad to see them go because they do get abused. The substitutes don't work as quickly, but can be just as effective.

Sita Diehl

I'd say our chemistry is fine; we can anticipate each other. I think people have molded very well. Even when we have substitutes coming in, we know what to expect from each other.

Lance Antolick

We've had an increased amount of staff absent. The substitutes are often in different schools and in different school districts so they are sometimes more vulnerable because they work in a variety of places.

Teri Mowery

Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.

Dwight David Eisenhower

Usually, when there have been calls for boycotts of American brands, there were no substitutes that people could opt for instead. Mecca Cola represents that alternative.

Rita Clifton

It's almost impossible for them to figure out how much alternative care substitutes for conventional care. Are people who use these therapies seeing their physicians for the same disorder? Are they seeing them less? Are they getting fewer tests?

Stephen Rosenberg

People can't change where they live. They can't change where they work, and there aren't any clear substitutes to gas. You can't run your car on much else. It's not like switching from oranges to grapefruits.

Richard Porter

As old chemicals are taken out of use, new ones pop up. Often we don't know if the new substitutes will harm the ecosystem.

Peggy Krahn

[It is] not a matter for individual states to attempt to formulate their own rules and procedures. School teachers and doctors are not substitutes for INS agents.

Mark Rosenbaum

The whole team and substitutes, delivered. Now, we need every player on top of his game again, if we are to reproduce that type of performance this time around.

Ronan O'gara

Or buy already pasteurized eggs if you like your eggs runny. You'll pay more but have peace of mind. Egg substitutes are a pasteurized product -- you can use them freely without worry of salmonella. You can also buy frozen whole eggs that are pasteurized.

Andrea Dunn

We're down to a skeleton crew with the substitutes. We need volunteers to keep the program running smoothly.

Alberta Stima

Prices are well above fundamental levels. Global demand for copper fell last year by 1pc. Although Chinese demand was up 22pc, this was offset by a fall in the rest of world as consumers switched to substitutes.

Nick Hatch