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It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest. — Douglas Wilson
As I sat opposite the Treasury Bench the ministers reminded me of one of those marine landscapes not very unusual on the coasts of South… — Benjamin Disraeli
Listen to your instincts, then do the opposite. — Robert W. Bly
We're probably the opposite of the Osbournes. We run a very tight ship. — Hulk Hogan
In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite. — Hugh Dancy
I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I'm here to tell you I'm quite… — Benedict Cumberbatch
The opposite of Taking A Risk is of course Playing It Safe. You must admit though, Playing It Safe is a pretty dull way to… — Bob Proctor
There is a sad tendency in our world today for persons to cut one another down. Did you ever realize that it does not take… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Grief, unresisted, is grace. It doesn't mean it doesn't hurt anymore, it doesn't mean it doesn't rip your heart out....In great grief, there's an incredible… — Adyashanti
In practicing meditation, we're not trying to live up to some kind of ideal -- quite the opposite. We're just being with our experience, whatever… — Pema Chodron
Anger cannot be overcome by anger. If someone is angry with you, and you show anger in return, the result is a disaster. On the… — Dalai Lama
If you don't have a good model for success, just look at what everybody else is doing and do the opposite. — Earl Nightingale
Whatever the majority of people is doing, under any given circumstances, if you do the exact opposite, you will probably never make another mistake as… — Earl Nightingale
The opposite of coherent is interesting. — Seth Godin
Watch what everyone else does--do the opposite. The majority is always wrong. — Earl Nightingale
Disregarding all evidence to the contrary, the student of Truth will maintain that he lives in a PERFECT Universe and among people potentially perfect. He… — Ernest Holmes
No wise man will go to live in the country, unless he has something to do which can be better done in the country. For… — Samuel Johnson
We know a thing by its opposite corollary; hot by having experienced cold; good by having decided what is bad; love by hate. — Sylvia Plath
In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled with… — Leo Tolstoy
Gerard is an open-minded and passionate man. I am the opposite: stubborn and stupid. But sometimes stupid behaviour makes you win. — Arsene Wenger
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction — Isaac Newton
A Course in Miracles tells us that although 'we think that without the ego, all would be chaos, the opposite is true. Without the ego,… — Marianne Williamson
Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's golden rule: do the opposite of what would… — Tahir Shah
Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite. — Teresa of Avila
Guess what? I have flaws. What are they? Oh I donno, I sing in the shower? Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally I'll… — Michael Scott

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