Opposites Quotes - Page 35

• A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.

  Criss Jami

  Leadership, Men, People

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.72, Criss Jami

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• It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid to love and to be loved because love tends to strip bare all emotional barricades. Without love, strength and independence are prone to losing every bit of their worth; they become nothing more than a fearful, intimidated, empty tent lost somewhere in the desert of self.

  Criss Jami

  Fear, Pride, Emotional

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.130, Criss Jami

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• There's no wobble in Bush. If anything, the opposite. Right after hello, the next words out of his mouth are: I've never been more convinced that the decisions I made are the right decisions.

  Rich Lowry

  Decision, Mouths, Next

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• I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Careers, Done

  "Elizabeth McGovern Talks DOWNTON ABBEY, What Fans Can Expect in Season 3, the Success of the Show, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 5, 2013.

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• Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

  Marina Abramovic

  Real, Blood, Knives

  Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.

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• 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

  Two, Mind, Genius

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• Faith: The opposite of dogmatism.

  John Ralston Saul

  Dogmatism

  "The Doubter's Companion". Book by John Ralston Saul, 1994.

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• Separate two particles, place them at opposite ends of the universe, produce some effect in one, and the other will be identically affected.

  Jim Jarmusch

  Two, Ends, Produce

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• People always think women meet us in the hotel lobby, but it's the opposite. The majority of the time, you go out to eat with your teammates, then rest for the next day's game. It's not a vacation - most guys view the road as a business trip.

  Kevin Durant

  Thinking, Vacation, Views

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've found that if I tell somebody 'Eat this and don't do that,' it's not only not helpful, it's counterproductive because even more than being healthy, we want to feel free and in control, and as soon as somebody tells us to do something, there's a tendency to do just the opposite.

  Dean Ornish

  Healthy, Want, Helpful

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• Do you know, we're right underneath Springtime Parish? This place is the opposite of springtime. Everything past prime, boarded up for the season. Just above us, the light shines golden on daffodils full of rainwine and heartgrass and a terrible, wicked, sad girl I can't get back to. I don't even know if I want to. Do I want to be her again? Or do I want to be free? I come here to think about that. To be near her and consider it. I think I shall never be free. I think I traded my freedom for a better story. It was a better story, even if the ending needed work.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Girl, Thinking, Past

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• Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.

  Geoff Dyer

  Nine, Charming, Given

  Geoff Dyer (2014). “Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush”, p.27, Canongate Books

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• The opposite of patience is not impatience, but unbelief.

  Jackie Pullinger

  Impatience, Unbelief

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• In the old days rank was not important - The complete opposite of today. You just trained

  Higa Yuchoku

  Important, Today, Old Days

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• The Dark Knight series is all from Batman's point of view. But if you look at Dark Knight 2, you'll see a Superman who's much calmer than the one in the first Dark Knight. Batman and Superman are dead opposites. I love Superman. Do I love Batman more? They're not people. They're only lines on paper.

  Frank Miller

  Dark, Knights, Views

  "20Q: Frank Miller". Interview with Rob Tannenbaum, www.playboy.com. August 21, 2014.

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• Photography can be perceived as the opposite of war.

  James Nachtwey

  Photography, War, Photographer

  "War Photographer". www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• The world tells us in a thousand different ways that the bigger we become, the freer we will be. The richer, the more beautiful, and the more powerful we grow, the more security, liberty, and happiness we will experience. And yet, the gospel tells us just the opposite, that the smaller we become, the freer we will be.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Beautiful, Powerful, Liberty

  Tullian Tchividjian, Nick Lannon (2015). “It Is Finished: 365 Days of Good News”, David C Cook

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• In society, one doesn't tell the truth, one tells the exact opposite.

  Nelson Eddy

  Telling The Truth

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• Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every color of the rainbow in every take and it's wonderful just to play off of him and opposite him.

  Lara Pulver

  Color, Play, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• On tour, I'll get up at 5 p.m. and go to bed at 8 in the morning. With fishing, it's the exact opposite. Fishing is the only healthy thing I do. Touring is such a grind; it's the opposite of healthy.

  Mickey Melchiondo

  Morning, Fishing, Healthy

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• The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exists within oneself, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or dangerous to one. The opposite pole to narcissism is objectivity; it is the faculty to see other people and things as they are, objectively, and to be able to separate this objective picture from a picture which is formed by one's desires and fears.

  Erich Fromm

  Real, Love Is, Objectivity

  Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.119, Open Road Media

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• With fear, possessiveness enters the picture, then jealousy rears its ugly head. Jealousy is the opposite of desiring life and freedom of choice for one's partner.

  Peter Shepherd

  Emotional, Choices, Ugly

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• People think that the opposite of success is failure, but it's not. Failure is part of the process of success.

  Randy Gage

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Water and petrol both come from the earth, and though they seem to be alike and even the same, they are in nature and purpose exact opposites, for the one extinguishes fire and the other adds fuel to it. So also the world and its treasures, the heart and its thirst for God are alike His creation. Now the result of the attempt to satisfy the heart with the wealth and pride and honours of this world is the same as if one tried to put out a fire with petrol, for the heart can only find ease and satisfaction in Him who created both it and the longing desire of which it is conscious.

  Sadhu Sundar Singh

  Heart, Pride, Fire

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• Life hereafter for God's children, will be an extension or an amplification, a multiplication of the joy and thrilling, exciting lives we now lead! Hell is the extension, multiplication, amplification, endless continuation of the same awful lives that the wicked people of the world lead even now! Hell is just the opposite of the ecstasies of life in Heaven for the saved and the blessed!

  David Berg

  Children, Blessed, People

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