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948 Opposed quotes by 792 unique authors

Well, as a short-story writer, I don't think there are any weaknesses to the genre itself. I guess I would say that the difficulty of… — ZZ Packer
I think the world is very much embracing this whole concept of musicians going out and playing their instruments and playing music for music as… — Les Claypool
Culture has never the translucidity of custom; it abhors all simplification. In its essence it is opposed to custom, for custom is always the deterioration… — Frantz Fanon
The theme is the theme of humiliation, which is the square root of sin, as opposed to the freedom from humiliation, and love, which is… — Carson McCullers
I think a lot of people want to be remembered the way they were, as opposed to the way they are now. — Bryan Adams
The enemy is like a woman, weak in face of opposition, but correspondingly strong when not opposed. In a quarrel with a man, it is… — Ignatius Loyola
Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their… — Evan Davis
The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as human beings, as opposed to… — Vanessa L. Williams
Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites. — Chuck D
I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time… — Chuck D
And for some reason, when I'm sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to… — Glen Hansard
I learned how to horseback ride in English style, which is very hard, by the way. I had no idea how challenging it was. I've… — Minka Kelly
You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball. — Drew Bledsoe
I would rather do three or four small parts every year as opposed to some of the lower-hanging fruit that might get my name above… — Jason Bateman
I don't use the big video screens that a lot of other artists use because personally, I think it's kind of a crutch. I think… — Eric Church
I try to keep myself in what I'm doing and focused on character stuff, as opposed to getting wrapped up in worrying or being nervous.… — Katie Cassidy
I was arrested in 1965 for opposing the war in Vietnam. There were 39 of us arrested that day. But thousands opposed us. And the… — Bill Ayers
It's - as opposed to tape where you have a magnetic tape that's excited by frequencies that you hit, digital was a process where musical… — Herb Alpert
It has yet to be shown by direct biochemical methods, as opposed to the indirect genetic evidence mentioned earlier, that the code is indeed a… — Francis Crick
I'm not opposed to adoption. It's not in my immediate future because I'm on the move a lot and if I were going to be… — John Corbett
I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from… — John Corigliano
I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of… — Lee Child
I've never been opposed to nudity. I've been opposed to nudity for box-office draw. — Neve Campbell
Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience - or… — Stanley Crouch
Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that's really a misperception. Because actually it's just that introverts are differently social. So they… — Susan Cain

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