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Quotes About Replacement

The industrialist's dream was to replace them entirely—with machines.
~ Douglas Rushkoff
Make no mistake about why these babies are here - they are here to replace us.
~ Jerry Seinfeld
Decided it's time to get a new phone, that's all." "What was wrong with the old one?" Ruger asked, his voice mild. "It broke.
~ Joanna Wylde
The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.
~ Ann Landers
An ordinary woman Took my unique place Used my real name Left me a pseudonym
~ Anna Akhmatova
You can't itch on the prosthetic, or else you will rip it, and it's really expensive.
~ Jacob Tremblay
For all things change, making way for each other
~ Flann O'Brien
If you're interested in the job and in the kind of work that's done, you have to have an interest in who's going to fill your shoes.
~ John Paul Stevens
Some people are very cynical about it, but we're not trying to replace Bob and Terry.
~ Ant McPartlin
This new Caleb was a replacement child. The couple had lost their first Caleb, a cheerful little Four.
~ Lois Lowry
But personally, I think [sainthood] is not so much the growth of virtue, as simply the replacement of prior vices with an addiction to one's god.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
How was your bone-replacement surgery? asked Illyan. About what I expected, from having my legs done before. The ugliest part was opening my right arm and hand up to pick out all the bone fragments. Tedious. The left went a lot faster — the pieces were bigger.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
The cruelty and selfishness that make lust vile become tedious. But personally, I think it is not so much the growth of virtue, as simply the replacement of prior vices with an addiction to one's god.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
Doubleday wanted to replace the image of the forbidding Rockefeller with that of the easygoing man he had come to know.
~ Ron Chernow
Surely he'd have no trouble finding a replacement for someone like me." "You may like to tell yourself that, but it's only an excuse for not giving a damn about his feelings. Anyway, enough of that.
~ Ry? Murakami
Even as one heat another heat expels, or as one nail by strength drives out another, so the remembrance of my former love is by a newer object quite forgotten.
~ William Shakespeare
Granddad is more like Mummy than like me. He's erased his old life by spending money on a replacement one.
~ E. Lockhart
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
~ Anonymous
Broken tools can be replaced. You can't.
~ Anonymous
Who will change old lamps for new?
~ Anonymous
Cose assai sorprendenti possono accadere a chi, avendo nella mente un pensiero sgradevole e scoraggiante, abbia il buonsenso di accorgersene e scacciarlo via in tempo sostituendolo con un altro pensiero piacevole e ottimista. Due cose non possono occupare contemporaneamente lo stesso posto. Là dove coltivi la rosa, ragazzo mio, Non può crescere il cardo.
~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
Are you already training my replacement? Piter demanded. Replace you? Why, Piter, where could I find another Mentat with your cunning and venom? The same place you found me, Baron. Perhaps I should at that, the Baron mused. You do seem a bit unstable lately. And the spice you eat! Are my pleasures too expensive, Baron? Do you object to them? My dear Piter, your pleasures are what tie you to me. How could I object to that?
~ Frank Herbert
Pentru orice exist? un înlocuitor,artifical,jalnic,ÅŸi pentru str?moÅŸi,c?snicie ÅŸi urmaÅŸi.Îi creezi tu însuÅ£i în chinurile astea,ÅŸi dac? nu cumva ai pierit tu însuÅ£i în aceste chinuri,pân? la urm? lipsa de speran?? a unor asemenea false leacuri tot are s? te omoare.
~ Franz Kafka
Avocados have a creamy texture, making them a healthier replacement for ingredients like butter and mayo in recipes, though they do contain a surprisingly large amount of fat - a whopping 30 grams per medium-sized avocado.
~ Marcus Samuelsson