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443 Contrast quotes by 388 unique authors
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Apple was very close to bankruptcy and to irrelevance [but] you learn a lot about life through death, and I learnt a lot about vital…
— Jonathan Ive
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The future is fastidious and punctual. It keeps perfect time and arrives everywhere on the dot. In contrast, its slacker brother the past has no…
— Jonathan Carroll
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A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.
— Raymond Williams
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Marriage, in contrast to the flu, starts with a fever and ends with the chills.
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Partly, the Russian system succeeds because, in contrast to the Western industrial economies, it makes full use of its manpower.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, sprout, or have sex to produce baby oil droplets…
— Jared Diamond
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No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of…
— Theodosius Dobzhansky
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Politics draws lines between people; in contrast, Jesus' love cuts across those lines and dispenses grace. That does not mean, of course, that Christians should…
— Philip Yancey
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally…
— C S Forester
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When we sin, Satan tells us we are lost. In contrast, our Redeemer offers redemption to all—no matter what we have done wrong—even to you…
— C. Scott Grow
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When we read with attention the poetical and philosophical monuments of the East--above all, those of India, which are beginning to spread in Europe--we discover…
— Victor Cousin
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Every person in the world, including yourself, will encounter various trials throughout life. Satan seeks to defeat you by tempting you to trust your own…
— John C. Broger
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Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics - at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system. School math typically…
— Keith Devlin
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There are men who have themselves whipped simply to increase their sexual pleasure. These, in contrast with true masochists, regard flagellation as a means to…
— Richard von Krafft-Ebing
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In turning away from beauty, we turn away from all that is wholesome and true, and deliver ourselves into an exile where the vulgar and…
— John O'Donohue
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Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon – it is the very heart of painting. Repeated experiments with adjacent colors will show that…
— Josef Albers
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The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In contrast,…
— Arthur C. Brooks
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The best reason for exposing oneself to foreign ways is to generate a sense of vitality and awareness - an interest in life which can…
— Edward T. Hall
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During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me. I…
— John Nelson Darby
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In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in…
— Kenneth Scott Latourette
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To the factory farmer, in contrast to the traditional farmer with his sense of honor and obligation, the animals are production units, and accorded all…
— Matthew Scully
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He is no true reader who has not experienced the reproachful fascination of the great shelves of unread books, of the libraries at night of…
— George Steiner
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In stark contrast with the views of the Greek philosophers and with those of the rest of western intellectuals to the present day, Chinese Taoist…
— Unknown Author
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I'm always trying to get to a danger point in color, where color either becomes too sweet or it becomes too harsh, it becomes too…
— Wolf Kahn
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But again and again, we should reflect back to the darkness of the cocoon. In order to inspire ourselves forward, we must look back to…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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