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opposites walks setting
Let us understand Darwinism so we can walk in the opposite direction when it comes to setting up society. Richard Dawkins
opposites funny-things envy
The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you. Robert M. Pirsig
opposites differences judging
The comparison between Coleridge and Johnson is obvious in so far as each held sway chiefly by the power of his tongue. The difference between their methods is so marked that it is tempting, but also unnecessary, to judge one to be inferior to the other. Johnson was robust, combative, and concrete; Coleridge was the opposite. The contrast was perhaps in his mind when he said of Johnson: "his bow-wow manner must have had a good deal to do with the effect produced. Virginia Woolf
opposites water gold
If gold has been prized because it is the most inert element, changeless and incorruptible, water is prized for the opposite reason -- its fluidity, mobility, changeability that make it a necessity and a metaphor for life itself. To value gold over water is to value economy over ecology, that which can be locked up over that which connects all things. Rebecca Solnit
opposites telling-the-truth
In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite. Nelson Eddy
opposites age becoming
I am becoming more radical with age. I have noticed that writers, when they are old, become milder. But for me it is the opposite. Age makes me more angry. Nawal El Saadawi
opposites creative synthesis
But life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony. Martin Luther King, Jr.
opposites temptation satan
The clearest sensation that a human being has when he experiences the holy is an overpowering and overwhelming sense of creatureliness. That is, when we are in the presence of God, we are humbled and become most aware of ourselves as creatures. This is the opposite of Satan's original temptation, "You shall be as gods. R. C. Sproul
opposites impossible
The opposite of nature is impossible. R. Buckminster Fuller
watches shows daily-show
Apparently it's cool to watch The Daily Show. Rob Corddry
watches agendas politician
I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an agenda.
watches television chance
I don't really get a chance to watch much television. I mostly watch BBC Worldwide and repeats of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond Will Estes
watches news
The news makes me sad, so I don't watch it. Sarah Palin
watches study national-geographic
You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic. Tracy Morgan
watches comedy hard
It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in. Verne Troyer
watches clock persons
Persons extremely reserved are like old enamelled watches, which had painted covers, that hindered your seeing what o'clock it was. Robert Walpole
watches detectives spirals
I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked. Robert Winston
watches clock biological-clock
Biological clock? I don't even own a watch. Sarah Mlynowski
majority vote
I think the majority (of all Iraqis) will vote yes, Jalal Talabani
majority world
The majority of world stock markets are now owned by the Arabs. Alex Jones
majority minister power president prime remove vote within
It is not within the power of the president to remove the prime minister other than on the vote of a majority of the house, Phil Goff
majority-rule fancy unlimited
A lynch mob is [unlimited] Majority Rule stripped of its fancy trappings and its facade of respectability. Robert Ringer
majority definitions
The majority of a society is the true definition of the public. Samuel Johnson
majority-rule politics ethical
The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority. Walter Lippmann
majority mandate people speak
The new administration must be broad-based with a mandate to speak for a majority of the people of Afghanistan, Chris Patten
majority minorities
I would rather be in minority and be right, than in the majority and wrong. Jodi Picoult
majority forgotten ends
The novel is a highly corrupt medium, after all - in the end the vast majority of them simply aren't that great, and are destined to be forgotten. Lev Grossman