I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics. — Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Copy Share Image
There is no more self-contradictory concept than that of idle thoughts. What gives rise to the perception of a whole world can… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Some people suggest that the problem is the separation of powers. If you had a parliamentary system, the struggle for power would… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Sometimes our motivations can be quite hazy, contradictory and multi-faceted, in real life. — Adam Rayner Copy Share Image
What does this contradictory pattern mean?one conclusion seems inevitable: when it comes to work, people do not heed the evidence of their… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
It just struck me that one of the things about photography that made it such a compelling medium to deal with is… — Bill Henson Copy Share Image
A woman doesn't find it contradictory to complain about not having anything to wear and about not having enough closet space in… — Marie Stopes Copy Share Image
Mathematics catalogues everything that is not self-contradictory; within that vast inventory, physics is an island of structures rich enough to contain their… — Greg Egan Copy Share Image
We tend to speak of sin in very personal and individual terms. Jeremiah does not downplay that, but he also sees how… — Christopher J. H. Wright Copy Share Image
But because me and myself, as you no doubt are well aware, we are going to die, my relation—and yours too—to the… — Jacques Derrida Copy Share Image
It would be unsound fancy and self-contradictory to expect that things which have never yet been done can be done except by… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I believe that this nation can only heal from the wounds of racism if we all begin to love blackness. And by… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Our reasonings are grounded upon two great principles, that of contradiction, in virtue of which we judge false that which involves a… — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
“Living with contradiction may be nothing new to humans, but acknowledging it, and accepting it are. Even the dictionary has trouble accepting… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
You can't find intimacy-you can't find home-when you're always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory. — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
A mere inference or theory must give way to a truth revealed; but a scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it… — David Brewster Copy Share Image
Before him he saw two roads, both equally straight; but he did see two; and that terrified him--he who had never in… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
By sending the contradictory message that the famous are just plain folks on Mount Olympus, America has forged a relentless tension between… — Florence King Copy Share Image
With so many contradictory renditions of the biblical text, the public has lost confidence that we can actually know what the Bible… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
