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opposites funny-things envy
Robert M. Pirsig The funny thing about insane people is that it is kind of the opposite of being a celebrity. Nobody envies you.
opposites differences judging
Virginia Woolf 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.
opposites water gold
Rebecca Solnit 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.
opposites telling-the-truth
Nelson Eddy In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite.
opposites common-sense decision
Julian Barnes He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of logical thought. Whereas most of us, I suspect, do the opposite: we make an instinctive decision, then build up an infrastructure of reasoning to justify it. And call the result common sense.
opposites complete-opposites
Keren Ann I'm nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite.
opposites grace world
Nicole Krauss And it's like some tiny nothing that sets off a natural disaster halfway across the world, only this was the opposite of disaster, how by accident she saved me with that thoughtless act of grace, and she never knew, and how that, too, is the part of the history of love.
opposites shadow trying
Nicole Krauss In the beginning it was always the same. But. I kept trying. Then one day I accidentally moved as the shutter clicked. A shadow appeared. The next time I saw the outline of my face, and a few weeks later my face itself. It was the opposite of disappearing.
common-sense laughing people
Tyler Perry You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All they want to do is sit, laugh, have a good time, love one another, forget about what's going on in the world, and find something out so they can be useful in this life. Do this and you have common sense.
common-sense may sound
William Kingdon Clifford We may always depend on it that algebra, which cannot be translated into good English and sound common sense, is bad algebra.
common-sense prejudice common
William Hazlitt The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind.
common-sense novelists belief
W. Somerset Maugham A novelist must preserve a childlike belief in the importance of things which common sense considers of no great consequence.
common-sense perfect feelings
Luther Burbank As a scientist I cannot help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired. As for their prophets, there are as many today as ever before, only now science refuses to let them overstep the bounds of common sense.
common-sense autism too-much
Temple Grandin Sometimes we forget about common sense. Autism is used too much as an excuse for bad behavior.
common-sense basics our-future
Joan Blades Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.
common-sense world needs
Llewelyn Powys The world is in need of less religion and more common sense.
common-sense found grain
John Calvin I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense in any Jew.
decision disclose information mayo students team term travel
Kelly Hughes I would not term it a suspension. We do not disclose such information about students It was my decision that O.J. Mayo not travel or play with the team (tonight).
decision focus
David Stern I would say to Byron let me make that decision and he should focus more on basketball. And if you see him, tell him that. We're going to be back.
decisions practice ronnie saying short stop
Nick Saban I would stop short of saying that Ronnie was 100 percent, but he did do everything in practice. Those decisions will be made on a day-to-day basis.
decision good himself joe surround tough tries
Larry Bowa Joe tries to surround himself with good people. He relies on his staff. And yet, when there's a tough decision to be made, he makes it.
decision factor good great handled pleased small
Mark Roe I think it's a great move, ... I'm really, really pleased that something good has come from my mistake, really. I'd like to think that the way I handled it at the time, and what I went through, was probably a small factor in their decision to look at it.
decision felt keeps running
John Gibbons He did his running and felt good, felt better. If he keeps progressing, we'll see where he's at. I know we have to make a decision on that tournament. We'll have to see.
decision exception felt needed rather ready
Dave Telep He just wasn't ready to make his decision in the fall. He just felt like he needed more time. He's the exception rather than the rule.
decision match preparing taken
Aleksandrs Starkovs He is still preparing for tomorrow's match and the decision will be taken tomorrow.
decisions good smart
Mike Shula He's a smart guy, he's very mature, he's got good hands, and I think he's going to make good decisions back there.