Contrary Quotes

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The essence of peace is to merge two opposites. Therefore your notions should not scare you if you see another, who absolutely opposes you, and… — Nachman of Breslov
Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the… — Arthur C. Brooks
Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders, so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Novelists are perhaps the last people in the world to be entrusted with opinions. The nature of a novel is that it has no opinions,… — Anthony Burgess
The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of property. Republicans, on… — Abraham Lincoln
The ordinary adult never gives a thought to space-time problems ... I, on the contrary, developed so slowly that I did not begin to wonder… — Albert Einstein
There was a time when intellectual meant someone who uses reason and intellect. Today, people who call themselves intellectuals are in a form of mental… — Bill Whittle
The Soviet transition to a new political structure shows that the Soviet strategists are thinking, planning and acting in broad terms, way beyond the imagination… — Anatoliy Golitsyn
I've certainly never taken the care of myself that I should have. On the contrary. I've done a lot of late nights without enough sleep… — Ava Gardner
No, I donâ€™t wear contacts, and contrary to what some people have said, I do not have a glass eye. — Jared Leto
Contrary to what people may say, there's no upper limit to stupidity. — Stephen Colbert
The sadness of our existence should not leave us blunted, on the contrary--how to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable and stay alive? — Montgomery Clift
Ive never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didnt choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them. — Juliette Binoche
Iâ€™ve actually never been taken on a date in my whole life. I have never had a one-night stand. Iâ€™m a real relationship person â€”… — Sienna Miller
Aspiring black leaders are often asked to transcend race, even though no one ever asked, say, Hillary Clinton to transcend gender. This is a precarious… — Gwen Ifill
Contrary to the claims of the supporters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the sponsors of H.Res. 676, the Civil Rights Act of… — Ron Paul
The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our… — Ron Paul
Contrary to popular opinion, the most important characteristic of a godly mother is not her relationship with her children. It is her love for her… — John F. MacArthur
Contrary to popular opinion, Christians are not nice polite people who never get angry with one another. Those are not the virtues of God's people.… — Barbara Brown Taylor
We tend to think of dangers and uncertainties as anomalies in the continuum of life, or irruptions of unpredictable forces into a largely predictable world.… — Arthur Kleinman

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