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I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have… — Steve Carell
The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London. — John le Carre
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. — Miguel de Cervantes
All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. — Marc Chagall
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity. — Coco Chanel
I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like. — Coco Chanel
We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of… — Tracy Chapman
The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the… — Joan Chen
I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on more… — Dick Cheney
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
But the real secret to lifelong good health is actually the opposite: Let your body take care of you. — Deepak Chopra
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent,… — Louis Aragon
If you attempt an actual argument with a modern paper of opposite politics, you will have no answer except slanging or silence. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According to prevailing attitudes, these people-the… — Alice Miller
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain,… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The opposite of joy is not sorrow. It is unbelief. — Leslie Weatherhead
Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of… — Taisen Deshimaru
Whatever you imagine, God is the opposite of that. — Dhul-Nun al-Misri
For in disease the most voluntary or most special movements, faculties, etc., suffer first and most, that is in an order the exact opposite of… — John Hughlings Jackson
Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on… — Norman Podhoretz
The devil sees nothing more abominable than a truly humble christian, for [that Christian] is just the opposite of [the devil's] own image — Unknown Author
When I was younger, I thought that the key to success was just hard work. But the real foundation is faith. Faith - the idea… — Unknown Author
Death is not the opposite of life, it is a part of life. A part we've not yet explored and thus do not understand and… — Joyce Meyer
Primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization has an opposite, it is war. — Ursula K. Le Guin

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