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Charles Bernstein's pairs of jingles of 'public discourse' are 'simultaneous double narrative / the space between's the other narrative/as if they're opposite.' In the space… — Unknown Author
A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other… — Jane McGonigal
I am the neurological opposite of a psychopath, in that I feel anxious almost all the time. It must be great to not constantly feel… — Jon Ronson
Some people make you feel better about living. Some people you meet and you feel this little lift in your heart, this 'Ah', because there's… — Niall Williams
As an atheist, I was predisposed to not enjoy the MAZE performance. I am happy to report the opposite — Luke Jermay
Difference is not the opposite of harmony but its condition. — Regis Debray
I think despair and cynicism are two different things. On the flip side of hope is despair. Belief and doubt are the same thing, in… — Jon Foreman
We should not view men with a cynical eye, seeing them only as meaningless products of chance, but, on the other hand, we should not… — Francis Schaeffer
Abstract thinking leads to greater creativity... But in our businesses and our lives, we often do the opposite. We intensify our focus rather than widen… — Daniel H. Pink
If you want people to perform better, you reward them, right? Bonuses, commissions, their own reality show. Incentivize them. ... But that's not happening here.… — Daniel H. Pink
Bravery is not strength in the face of a far lesser foe. Bravery is the exact opposite of that. — Hank Green
Well, I kind of think that the opposite is true. The customer is rarely right. And that is why you must seize the control of… — Charlie Trotter
Well I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one way or the other. We live in a land where you can choose… — Carrie Prejean
Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite… — Sam Walton
A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens-second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love and shelter. Millions… — Reynolds Price
Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death. — Ernestine Rose
Sasuke is always in the corner of my mind. Naruto and Sasuke progress as a pair. So when I write about Naruto, I always have… — Masashi Kishimoto
I've seen men who thought they were brave turn out to be shameful cowards. Other people, who thought they were capable of the utmost self-sacrifice,… — Unknown Author
Reverse psychology is an awesome tool, I don't know if you guys know about it, but basically you can make someone think the opposite of… — Michael Scott
Whatever success I've achieved has come from pretty much doing the opposite of what I've been told or expected to do. — Hal Riney
The Law Polarity decrease that everything has an opposite it's the flip side of the coin, you're right my left, the front the back, consider… — Bob Proctor
For every diet there's an equal and opposite binge (bulimia which is binging and purging is another way of depriving yourself). — Geneen Roth
It is by now proverbial that every proverb has its opposite. For every Time is money there is a Stop and smell the roses. When… — James Richardson
Reading isn't the opposite of doing, it's the opposite of dying. — Will Schwalbe
Going to a bar or pool hall doesn’t mean you’re a drunk, just like sitting in a henhouse doesn’t make you a chicken. It’s the… — Jase Robertson

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