{"quotes":[{"text":"At one time I was weary of verse writing, and wanted to give it up. At another time I was determined to be a poet until I could establish a proud name over others. The alternatives battled in my mind and made my life restless.","author":"Bashō Matsuo","tags":["alternatives","poet","poetry","tired","verses"],"id":1150,"author_id":"Bash%C5%8D+Matsuo"},{"text":"Choices are funny things-ask a native tribe that's eaten grubs and roots forever if they're unhappy, and they'll shrug. But give them filet mignon and truffle sauce and then ask them to go back to living off the land, and they will always be thinking of that gourmet meal. If you don't know there's an alternative, you can't miss it.","author":"Jodi Picoult","tags":["alternatives","choices"],"id":5118,"author_id":"Jodi+Picoult"},{"text":"Attend seminars, forums, conferences, summits and sessions where interesting topics about dream fulfillment and personal branding are prioritized themes and topics. Get exposed to better ways of doing things.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["alternatives","better","brand","branding","conferences","dreams","food-for-thought","forums","fulfill","fulfillment","innovation","israelmore-ayivor","personal-branding","priority","seminars","sessions","summits","topics"],"id":7505,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"In this world one is seldom reduced to make a selection between two alternatives. There are as many varieties of conduct and opinion as there are turns of feature between an aquiline nose and a flat one.","author":"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","tags":["alternatives","choice"],"id":54442,"author_id":"Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe"},{"text":"Pause, ponder,consult, think through it well, understand the consequence, know the benefit and take a second look at it again for it takes a little mistake to cause a big had I know with a deep regret.","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["alternatives","consequence-of-actions","daring","decision-making","eay","impatience","life-changes","life-lesson","patience","patience","pause","ponder","regrets","taking-a-risk","taking-a-step","thoughts","understanding-what-you-do","wisdom","words-of-wisdom"],"id":137829,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"},{"text":"Success has no other shortcuts apart from the ones that tell you; control thoughts, delete negativity, alternate actions and shift attitudes to become positive! Click on passion, it opens a new window for you to sign in on time!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["act","action","actions","alternate","alternate-actions","alternative","alternatives","attitudes","avoid","avoid-negativity","bad-attitudes","click","click-on-passion","control","control-thoughts","delete","delete-negativity","food-for-thought","good-attitudes","israelmore-ayivor","microsoft-success","negative","negative-thinking","negatively","new","open","passion","positive-thinking","shift","shifting","shortcut","sign","sign-in","success","successful","think","think-positively","thinking","thought","time","windows"],"id":233585,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"To every rule there are diverse sub rules which all apply to the same rule.","author":"Auliq Ice","tags":["alternate-history","alternatives","diversity","optional","options"],"id":274384,"author_id":"Auliq+Ice"},{"text":"There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it.","author":"Rasheed Ogunlaru","tags":["acceptance-self-love","alternatives","appreciation","courage","honour","inspiring","life-lessons","pragmatism","rasheed-ogunlaru","self-acceptance","self-discovery","self-esteem","value","your-self"],"id":332535,"author_id":"Rasheed+Ogunlaru"},{"text":"I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience...War is not inevitable, however persistent it is, however long a history it has in human affairs. It does not come out of some instinctive human need. It is manufactured by political leaders, who then must make a tremendous effort--by enticement, by propaganda, by coercion--to mobilize a normally reluctant population to go to war.","author":"Howard Zinn","tags":["alternatives","creativity","ingenuity","peace","political-propaganda","war"],"id":381627,"author_id":"Howard+Zinn"},{"text":"Most people, faced with two difficult choices, prefer not to choose at all.","author":"Kenneth Eade","tags":["alternatives","choices","deciding","decisions","difficult-choices"],"id":429893,"author_id":"Kenneth+Eade"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":12,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}