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Image of Hal Riney
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
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Image of Jay Griffiths
Clock measurement is not time itself. In fact, so opposed are they that one could argue the clock is not a synonym, but the opposite of time.
- Jay Griffiths
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Image of John Wilbanks
The opposite of ‘open’ isn’t closed. The opposite of open is broken.
- John Wilbanks
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Image of Michael Gira
Playing an old record doesn't interest me at all. It's exactly the opposite of what I want to do.
- Michael Gira
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Image of Mike Ness
When I see everyone doing the same thing, I want to do the opposite.
- Mike Ness
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Image of Jay Duplass
You can be a lot more subtle on TV, which is funny because I feel like TV is known for being the opposite of that. The thing we experience in life is that things are not overly dramatic, and things often happen in really small ways.
- Jay Duplass
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Image of James Elkins
The opposite of a glance... is a glimpse: because in a glance, we see only for a second, and in a glimpse, the object shows itself only for a second.
- James Elkins
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Image of Christian Smith
The problem is that, regardless of what our theologies tell us about the purpose of the clergy, the actual effect of the clergy profession is to make the body of Christ lame. This happens not because clergy intend it (they usually intend the opposite) but because the objective nature of the profession inevitably turns the laity into passive receivers.
- Christian Smith
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Image of Chris Hadfield
Anticipating problems and figuring out how to solve them is actually the opposite of worrying: it's productive.
- Chris Hadfield
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Image of Ariel Pink
I was just very into things that were the opposite of what other people liked. I didn't want to listen to music that I could find at a friend's house. My identity was really forged around that, and you know, eventually that kind of identity gets dismantled and fed to the vultures. But I was somehow on my own mission.
- Ariel Pink
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Image of Jean Houston
We needed a "psychenaut" program to be the opposite of the astronaut program in order to explore the enormous domains and dimensions of inner space. We need inner space exploration. We need to have access to more capacities in order to be adequate stewards of this most incredible process of transformation in human history.
- Jean Houston
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Image of Fynn
A fact was the hard outer cover of meaning, and meaning was the soft living stuff inside a fact. Fact and meaning were the driving cogs of living. If the gear of fact drove the gear of meaning, then they revolved in opposite directions, but put the gear of fantasy between the two and they both revolved in the same direction. Fantasy was and is important; it leads to heaven knows where, but follow it and see. Sometimes it pays off.
- Fynn
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Image of Keith Haring
Good and Evil are very hard to explain or understand. I'm sure that evil exists, but it is hard to isolate. Good and evil are intertwined and impossible to separate. They are not completely opposites and in fact are often one and the same.
- Keith Haring
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Image of Lou Krieger
Figure out what your opponent wants you to do and try to do the opposite.
- Lou Krieger
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Image of Daniel Handler
Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying 'I probably won't hit you with a shovel.' Suddenly everyone is afraid you will do the opposite.
- Daniel Handler
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Image of John Avlon
Politics follows the lines of physics: every action creates an equal and opposite reaction.
- John Avlon
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Image of Lundy Bancroft
Abuse and respect are diametric opposites: You do not respect someone whom you abuse, and you do not abuse someone whom you respect.
- Lundy Bancroft
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Image of Eddie Huang
People ask me what my greatest strengths are and I say perspective. The best way to get that is to meet people that are polar opposites; you learn the most from them. There are pieces of you that are inherently yours, but everything else is a collection of the things you’ve seen and the people you’ve met.
- Eddie Huang
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Image of Tennessee Celeste Claflin
The revolt against any oppression usually goes to an opposite extreme for a time; and that is right and necessary.
- Tennessee Celeste Claflin
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Image of Craig David
Psychologically, when you've been overweight you want to achieve the polar opposite.
- Craig David
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Image of Omali Yeshitela
To embrace the ideas of Malcolm X is to embrace the ideas of African Internationalism and the ideas of African Internationalism are opposite and contradictory to the ideals of Americanism. The ideals of African Internationalism promote freedom from oppression and injustice. These ideals promote freedom and independence.
- Omali Yeshitela
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Image of Gary A. Klein
You need strategies that help rule things out. That's the opposite of saying, "This is what my gut is telling me; let me gather information to confirm it."
- Gary A. Klein
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Image of Tom Hodgkinson
Faffing is completely harmless, whereas its opposite - dynamic, purposeful activity - is often very harmful. Faffers do not tend to kill people or make them work 12-hour days or sell them shoddy merchandise or lend them vast sums of money that they cannot pay back.
- Tom Hodgkinson
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Image of Abraham Joshua Heschel
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Image of Lester Levenson
Once you realize how effortless the highest way of life is, it takes tremendous effort to assume the opposite.
- Lester Levenson
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Image of Michael Loceff
I actually started in the opposite place. I come from a technical background - I'm a mathematician and a programmer by trade - and I was one of those people who would watch a show and say, "Oh, that could never happen."
- Michael Loceff
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Image of James Morcan
Developing a genius mindset essentially comes down to two things: operating at speed and using the subconscious mind more than the conscious. This intuitive or relaxed approach to study is the polar opposite of traditional and mainstream forms of education.
- James Morcan
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Image of Chris Wyse
I'm not a things person. I'm not one to keep much. I do have a small collection of picks from favorite musicians I got to play with, a collection of mementos. I'm kind of the opposite of a hoarder, as I try to get rid of everything.
- Chris Wyse
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Image of Theodoret
The sun by the action of heat makes wax moist and mud dry, hardening the one while it softens the other, by the same operation producing exactly opposite results; thus, from the long-suffering of God, some derive benefit, and others harm; some are softened, while others are hardened.
- Theodoret
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Image of Courtney Barnett
I don't know anything except being female, so I don't know the opposite of it.
- Courtney Barnett
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Image of Fetty Wap
I've always been my own person. I don't do what people want me to do. Like, if you want me to do that, I'm going to do the complete opposite.
- Fetty Wap
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Image of Lilly Singh
The best way to battle fear is with courage. You have to look at the opposite of fear: Fear is scared of courage.
- Lilly Singh
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Image of Rob Marshall
It was actually the opposite of what a director once said to me. He said, 'Remember, everyone is here to serve you.' And as he walked away, I thought to myself, 'It's exactly the opposite: I'm here to serve everyone.
- Rob Marshall
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Image of Mark Coleman
One of the tools I like a lot is the Just Like Me practice. It's one of the empathy practices where we put ourselves in the other's shoes. Rather than get caught up in the difference in the ideologies, we actually come back to the fundamental idea: just like me, this person on the opposite political spectrum wants to be happy, wants to be safe, wants to thrive, wants to be healthy, wants to find peace of mind.
- Mark Coleman
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Image of Thomas Pogge
Because present procedures by design favor the affluent, the poor are being increasingly marginalized. And because the poor are so marginalized, they can exert little influence on institutional design decisions. We need to break out of this vicious spiral and create momentum in the opposite direction.
- Thomas Pogge
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Image of Kari Matchett
I've worked with some absolutely wonderful directors who bring out the best in me and I know I can trust, and then I've had the opposite experience, too. I've had both experiences, and obviously one is good and one is not good. When they're great, it's good. When they're not great, it's not so great.
- Kari Matchett
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Image of Grace Jones
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A REBEL. I NEVER DO THINGS THE WAY THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. EITHER I GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR I CREATE A NEW DIRECTION FOR MYSELF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RULES ARE OR WHAT SOCIETY SAYS.
- Grace Jones
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Image of Pico Iyer
Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions.
- Pico Iyer
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Image of Martin Starr
I have the reputation for being the opposite of a money-grubber.
- Martin Starr
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Image of Grace Kelly
I've been accused of being cold, snobbish, distant. Those who know me well know that I’m nothing of the sort. If anything, the opposite is true. But is it too much to ask to want to protect your private life, your inner feelings? Lots of things touch me and I don’t want to be indiscreet.
- Grace Kelly
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Image of Tor Nørretranders
Consciousness is not about information but about its opposite: order.
- Tor Nørretranders
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Image of Arthur Kemp
It is ironic that those who seek to blend and destroy individual racial identities are the biggest enemies of diversity, while simultaneously claiming to support diversity. The end result of that form of diversity is the exact opposite of their stated goal: the destruction of individual identities and ultimately, the destruction of diversity.
- Arthur Kemp
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Image of David Edward Kirk
PMP was in an almost diametrically opposite situation to Fairfax.
- David Edward Kirk
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Image of Gaspar Noe
If you just open your dictionary, "morality" is the sense that separates good from evil. And if you really want to see what evil is, it just says that "evil is the opposite of good." And if you ask "Then what is good?" it says that it's the opposite of evil.
- Gaspar Noe
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Image of Miles Millar
Another thing we wanted to do, a lot of shows or movies that are in the future or the post-apocalyptic are very bleached, desaturated desert environments and we wanted to do the opposite of that. There's always talk about Chernobyl and the world that environment has recovered has become this idyllic, bizarrely refuge for wildlife.
- Miles Millar
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Image of Tim LaHaye
In short, selfishness is the opposite of love.
- Tim LaHaye
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Image of Noma Bar
I live opposite an amazing wood in London, and you can usually find me sitting there for hours and sketching. Sometimes the icon or symbol leads me to the face, but usually it's the other way around.
- Noma Bar
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Image of Jaume Collet-Serra
I moved to Hollywood when I was 18. I never saw it as a disadvantage in any way. Quite the opposite.
- Jaume Collet-Serra
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