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“As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don't ever think it can be self-defeating.”

Thinking Self Standards Performances Including Contrary Characteristics Accountability Decisiveness Buoyancy

Author:Kevin Allen

“There's something that intervenes and is very important which has to do with value. Value in the true biological sense, which is that contrary to what many people seem to think, taking it at face value - sorry for the pun - we do not give the same amount of emotional significance to every event.”

People Thinking Giving Important Seems Faces Values Events Emotional Amount Sorry Contrary Significance Pun Face Value

Author:Antonio Damasio

“Some mathematicians didn't even perceive of the possibility of a picture being helpful. To the contrary, I went into an orgy of looking at pictures by the hundreds; the machines became a little bit better.”

Littles Bits Possibility Little Bit Machines Contrary Perceive Helpful Mathematician

Author:Benoit Mandelbrot

“Contrary to popular thinking, being worthy isn't something you earn, it's something you recognize.”

Thinking Self Esteem Self Improvement Worthy Contrary Esteem

Book:More Notes From the Universe: Life, Dreams and Happiness

Source: More Notes From the Universe: Life, Dreams and Happiness

“Nevertheless, I have no political agenda whatsoever, even though some might think the contrary.”

Thinking Might Political Contrary Agendas Nevertheless Political Agendas

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“Social justice is collectivism. Social justice is the rights of a group. It denies individual responsibility. It's a negation of individual responsibility, so social justice is totally contrary to the Word of God.”

Individual Social Justice Responsibility Rights Groups Social Justice Deny Contrary Word Of God Collectivism Negation Individual Responsibility

Author:Ted Cruz

“Individuals because of their identity can't render an impartial judgment is just deeply offensive and contrary to all the ideals of the judicial system that we value.”

Values Individual Identity Judgment Ideals Contrary Offensive Judicial Judicial System

Author:Deborah Rhode

“There is no suggestion of regime change; quite the contrary, this is an initiative to help people and to help governments who are inclined toward change.”

People Helping Government Contrary Regimes Initiative Suggestions Regime Change

Author:Colin Powell

“I think women have made progress in cinematography, contrary to women directors, who I think have regressed. There are many more women cinematographers than when I started.”

Thinking Made Progress Directors Contrary Cinematography Cinematographers

Author:Maryse Alberti

“Surrender is a positive, healthy state. Being a surrendered person does not mean one is beaten down and so hopeless he or she has "given up." It's quite the contrary.”

Mean Persons Doe States Given Healthy Down And Contrary Surrender Hopeless Beaten Given Up

Author:Judith Orloff

“Some people think that it [Brexit] is the end of the world. It's not. On the contrary, it's a massive opportunity for this country.”

People Thinking World Ends Country Opportunity Contrary Massive End Of The World

Author:Boris Johnson

“I came into this world restless despite many appearances to the contrary. Does that make me unique? I doubt it.”

World Doe Doubt This World Unique Appearance Contrary Despite Restless

Author:Rod Stryker

“Despite many reports to the contrary, kindness, concern, and a desire to do good and make a positive difference in this life are alive and well in America. For that, I am extremely grateful.”

Wells America Desire Differences Kindness Alive Concern Grateful Contrary Despite This Life Reports

Author:Ken Wahl

“I am not a theologian, nor am I a priest or a minister, but I think building walls is fundamentally contrary to what made this country what it is. We're a pluralistic society in its functions.”

Thinking Made Country Building Wall Function Contrary Ministers Priests Theologian Building Walls

Author:Joe Biden

“Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism.”

Humanity Capitalism Contrary Destructive Vehicle Fierce Savages Nihilism

Author:Alain Badiou

“There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.”

Two Simple Quality Fronts Ignorance Development Bears Simplicity Positive Atheism Contrary Discussion Two Things Open Mindedness Narrow Mindedness

Author:Lord Acton

“There is an assumption if you are not religious, you have fallen, or you are further from God, or you are not doing the right thing. The judgment on me, with regard to my changes, is that he must be out all night partying or banging prostitutes and doing blow. This whole thing for me was absolutely the contrary. It was actually that God started to become very real to me, inside.”

Ifs Real Whole Night Religious Party Judgment Regard Blow Contrary Fallen Right Thing Assumption All Night Doing The Right Thing Banging

Author:Matisyahu

“Here are a few ways to face a habit and say "no" to it: Go outside your fixed routine; turn off the computer and the television; find a new outlet for your down time; talk to someone who holds a viewpoint contrary to yours and pay respectful attention, really listening.”

Way Faces Turns Pay Attention Television Listening Habit Computer Contrary Fixed Routine Outlets Respectful Viewpoints Turn Off Down Time

Author:Deepak Chopra

“Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I do not like to think at all.”

People Thinking Belief Contrary Contrary To Popular Belief

Author:Kanye West

“Poland does not want to remain a net recipient of EU subsidies forever. On the contrary: we want the right to develop in a fair market, and by this right, we want to one day catch up with Germany in terms of welfare and economic power. This will not take 100 years! And then many Poles who emigrated will be able to return home.”

Want Years Doe Home Able Term Forever Economic Return One Day Fairs Contrary Welfare Germany Poland Subsidies Economic Power

Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski

“From the very beginning I've said to women not to follow the fashion rules blindly, and to adapt clothes to suit who they are, and not the contrary.”

Said Fashion Clothes Contrary Suits

Author:Sonia Rykiel

“I haven't come to the conclusion that centrist politics is wrong or dead. On the contrary. I think it's very much alive - but it needs to be given a renewal, a revival, and a muscularity which it presently lacks.”

Thinking Needs Given Alive Havens Contrary Conclusion Renewal Revival

Author:Tony Blair

“Individuals are certainly interested, at times, in having their own way, and their own way may go contrary to the ways of others. But they are also interested, and chiefly interested upon the whole, in entering into the activities of others and taking part in conjoint and cooperative doings. Otherwise, no such thing as a community would be possible.”

Way May Whole Would Be Individual Community Activity Contrary Entering Cooperatives Doings

Book:Democracy And Education

Source: Democracy And Education

“Whatever tumults and strifes await God's witnesses, it remains clear that the doctrine of persecution for the sake of conscience is most evidently and lamentably contrary to the doctrine of Christ Jesus, the Prince of Peace.”

Jesus Christ Clear Conscience Remains Sake Contrary Doctrine Witness Persecution Tumult Prince Of Peace

Author:Roger Williams

“Contrary to popular belief, I don't go out very much. When I do go out, a lot of times it'll be to something like a heavyweight fight, and I'll be photographed, so that people have this conception that I go out a lot.”

People Fighting Belief Contrary Conception Heavyweights Contrary To Popular Belief

Author:Rob Lowe

“If you must believe in anything, believe in yourselves, in your senses, in your minds. To accept a religious creed is to accept another mind in place of your own and generally contrary to your own. When religious belief comes in brains go out”

Ifs Mind Believe Religion Belief Religious Brain Accepting Atheism Contrary Senses Creeds Believe In You Religious Belief

Author:Marilla Ricker

“Men are seldom born brave but they acquire courage through training and discipline - a handful of men inured to war proceed to certain victory; while on the contrary numerous armies of raw and undisciplined troops are but multitudes of men dragged to the slaughter.”

Men War Certain Born Military Victory Discipline Training Army Brave Contrary Acquire Troops Multitudes Handful Slaughter Undisciplined

Author:Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

“Over the last few days, I have been able to see my life as from a great altitude, as a sort of landscape, and with a deepening sense of the connection of all its parts. This does not mean I am finished with life. On the contrary, I feel intensely alive, and I want and hope in the time that remains to deepen my friendships, to say farewell to those I love, to write more, to travel if I have the strength, to achieve new levels of understanding and insight.”

Ifs Want Feels Writing Mean Doe Has Beens Able Lasts Understanding Levels Alive Achieve Connections Remains Insight Finished Contrary Landscape Farewell My Friendship

Author:Oliver $

“To really observe the Sabbath in our day and age! To cease for a whole day from all business, from all work, amidst the frenzied hurry-scurry of our age! To close the stock exchanges, the stores, the factories - how would it be possible? The pulse of life would stop beating and the world perish! The world perish? To the contrary, it would be saved.”

World Whole Would Be Age Stores Contrary Saved Cease Factories Pulse Sabbath Stock Exchange

Author:Samson Raphael Hirsch

“It is a very curious thing about superstition. One would expect that the man who had once seen his morbid dreams were not fulfilled would abandon them for the future; but on the contrary they grow even stronger just as the love of gambling increases in a man who has once lost in a lottery.”

Men Dream Lost Grows He Man Increase Stronger Contrary Curious Abandon Gambling Superstitions Fulfilled Lottery Morbid

Author:Soren Kierkegaard

“We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely to involve powerful emotions and strong impulses to action.”

Reason Problem Action Strong Powerful Emotion Quality Importance Intuition Contrary Impulse No Reason Stakes Powerful Emotions

Author:Daniel Kahneman

“That is the mystery: Reading Henry James can yield prose that is contrary to James, yet inspired by him. Who can understand this?”

Reading Mystery Inspired Contrary Prose Yield

Author:Joyce Carol Oates

“Socialist economy cannot reject the huge advantages of the world division of labor: on the contrary, it will carry it to the highest development. But in practise, it is not a question of the future socialist society, with an established internal equilibrium, but of the given technically and culturally backward country which in the interests of industrialisation and collectivization is forced to export as much as possible in order to import as much as possible.”

“I don't go against the grain because I'm a contrary person.”

Persons Contrary Grain

Author:Kevin Costner

“But on the contrary Wikileaks is under heavy attack by the government and corporations are participating in that by closing down their websites.”

Government Heavy Contrary Corporations Closing Website Participating Wikileaks Closing Down

Author:Noam Chomsky

“On the contrary, my desire is that the viewer sees the background coming forward in the lower portion of the canvas, fighting for space, demanding presence.”

Desire Fighting Space Contrary Backgrounds Portions Canvas Viewers

Author:Kehinde Wiley

“To say that there should be no immigration, yes, that is definitely contrary to the best values of America that were laid out in the Declaration of Independence and since.”

Should America Values Independence Contrary Immigration Declaration Declaration Of Independence

Author:Tim Kaine

“There would be those of us who say that in many ways, you worry about what the Jews in Israel are doing to themselves. Yes, they may at the moment have incredible power and are supported almost unconditionally by especially America, but most of the West as well. Yet what they are doing is contrary to the best teaching and highest teachings of their faith.”

Way Wells May Moments Would Be America Worry Teaching Highest West Incredibles Jew Israel Contrary Best Teaching

Author:Desmond Tutu

“We couldn't keep ten million refugees on our soil; we couldn't tolerate such an unstable situation for who knows how long. That influx of refugees wouldn't have stopped - on the contrary. It would have gone on and on and on, until there would have been an explosion. We were no longer able to control the arrival of those people, in our own interest we had to stop it! That's what I said to Mr.[Richard] Nixon, to all the other leaders I visited in an attempt to avert the war.”

People Knows Long Has Beens Said War Able Interest Situation Leader Millions Know How Gone Ten Contrary Soil Tolerate Refugee Explosions Arrivals Unstable Avert

Author:Indira Gandhi

“Let me just say that anything that I say about what's going on at Justice is pure speculation. Obviously, you know, I'm just going based on my experience as the attorney general, but, yeah, surprised because typically you don't talk about investigations. And it kind of surprised me that that letter went out, and I suppose that the reason for it is because we're in the middle of a presidential campaign. But nonetheless, I think it would be contrary to typical protocol.”

Thinking Knows Kind Reason Would Be Justice Middle Pure Letters Let Me Yeah Contrary Campaigns Presidential Investigation Typical Speculation Attorney Protocol Presidential Campaign

Author:Alberto Gonzales

“I have a lot to say about Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton that has not been said by others recently and that I think needs to be said. I mean I've known her for 40 years. I worked with her, I know her well professionally. I know her well personally. I know her to be a person of high moral character. A reliable person and an honest person, however Mr. [Donald] Trump may rant and rave to the contrary. So I'm happy to say that. People can make their own choices.”

People Thinking Knows Needs Years Wells May Mean Persons Said Character Choices Known Moral Honest Trump Clinton Contrary Rant Moral Character Rave Honest Person

Author:William Weld

“I think Gary Johnson would be capable of being a good chief executive and yes a commander in chief - Aleppo to the contrary, notwithstanding.”

Thinking Would Be Capable Contrary Chiefs Executives Johnson Commanders Gary Commander In Chief Chief Executives

Author:William Weld

“There's the National Organization for Women feminist faction, there's the NAACP liberal African-American faction, there's the La Raza Hispanic faction. They're pitted against each other and it runs so contrary to the E pluribus unum American middle class experience.”

Running Class Middle Organization Feminist Contrary African American Middle Class Factions Hispanic Naacp

Author:Andrew Breitbart

“When I became vegan I thought I would have to deprive myself of certain sweets that I loved so much, like caramel and peanut butter cups, but on the contrary!”

Certain Sweet Contrary Cups Vegan Peanuts Peanut Butter Caramel

Author:Kat Von D

“Contrary to what people are saying, you can't go by what people say, but by their spirit.”

People Spirit Contrary

Author:Stevie Wonder

“It is not the feeling sure of a doctrine (be it what it may) which I call an assumption of infallibility. It is the undertaking to decide that question for others, without allowing them to hear what can be said on the contrary side. And I denounce and reprobate this pretension not the less, if put forth on the side of my most solemn convictions.”

Ifs May Said Feelings Sides Conviction Contrary Doctrine Assumption Allowing Solemn Undertakings Pretension Infallibility

Author:John Stuart Mill

“Liftoff is very, very gentle, contrary to what most people think. Because you remember, the weight of the booster - the amount of thrust on the engine is just barely enough to get the booster underway. And so it's a very gentle liftoff, contrary to what most people think when they see all the fire and smoke of launch.”

People Thinking Enough Remember Fire Amount Weight Contrary Smoke Gentle Engines Thrust

Author:John Glenn

“Political populism always poses a great danger because it disorients people, creates excessive expectations or, on the contrary, prioritises objectives that are clearly not priorities or are simply impossible to achieve.”

People Political Impossible Achieve Danger Expectations Contrary Priorities Objectives Populism

Author:Vladimir Putin

“You cannot cause disproportionate damage to the environment; you cannot harm neutral states. The court said that the threat or use of nuclear weapons is generally contrary to the international law of armed conflict.”

Said States Use Law Causes Environment Conflict Weapons Court Threat International Harm Contrary Nuclear Damage Nuclear Weapons International Law Armed Conflict

Author:John Burroughs

“The Bible unites its interpreters as a shared focus of attention, but it does not demand consensus. On the contrary, it invites and prods us to make responsible choices, to take responsibility for the choices that we have made... It was always like that, and our holy scripture grows over the centuries, gets thicker and thicker, with more texts around, which need/have to be looked into, referred to, considered.”

Needs Doe Made Choices Grows Attention Responsibility Focus Century Holy Demand Responsible Contrary Scripture Made It Invites Taking Responsibility Consensus Holy Scriptures Interpreter

Author:Zygmunt Bauman

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