“The marriages come and go but your friendships stay, which is the opposite of what it used to be, so that there will be people in our lives for 30 years and often it is not your husband, it's your women friends, male friends with whom you come of age.” PeopleYearsAgeUsedOur LivesHusbandOppositesMalesUsed To BeComes And GoesYour HusbandPeople In Our Lives Author:Wendy Wasserstein
“You see? I know where every single book used to be in the library. She pointed to the shelf opposite. Over there was Catch-22, which was a hugely popular fishing book and one of a series, I believe.” KnowsBelieveBookUsedI BelieveSeaRiversOppositesSeriesLibraryFishesUsed To BeBoatLakesFishingShelves Author:Jasper Fforde
“When I was in college, I remember fearing that the dreary grind of adulthood would feature infinitely more existential dread than frat parties had, but the opposite has been true for me. I'm much less likely to feel that gnawing fear of aimlessness and nihilism than I used to be and that's partly because education gave me job opportunities, but it's mostly because education gave me perspective and context.” FeelsHas BeensJobsRememberUsedOpportunityPartyEducationCollegePerspectiveOppositesUsed To BeFeaturesDreadAdulthoodExistentialNihilismGrindDrearyJob OpportunitiesAimlessnessFrat Parties Author:John Green
“I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically - any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. Everything's the opposite. But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.” PeopleMenLoveBelieveI CanFacesUsedPeaceViolenceRegretOppositesViolentTreatedUsed To BeSincerelyYoungstersPeace And LoveBelieve In LovePeace LoveViolent Man Book:The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono Source: The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono
“We were totally opposite - me coming from the West Coast and a junior college, and him [ Christopher Reeve] from the hard-core Ivy League. He used to be the studly studly of all studlies, and I was the little fool ferret boy.” LittlesHardUsedBoysCollegeFoolOppositesWestCoreUsed To BeLeagueCoastJuniorsIvyWest CoastHard CoreIvy LeagueFerrets Author:Robin Williams
“I used to be like "Why are we doing a remake? What are remakes being done for?" But then, we do that all the time in the theater. Retelling stories is what we've done since we were sitting around campfires. It's a part of the human spirit. It doesn't have to be negative to creativity. It can be completely opposite.” HumansDoneStoriesUsedSpiritCreativitySittingNegativeOppositesTheaterUsed To BeHuman SpiritRemakesSitting AroundBeing DoneRetellingCampfire Author:Joel Kinnaman
“It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today. Our prosperity is linked inextricably to the maintenance of a strong world economy, an open international trading system, and stable global financial markets.” WorldSaidTodayUsedStrongEconomyColdOppositesFinancialInternationalCaughtProsperityUsed To BeStableLinkedTradingMaintenanceFinancial MarketsWorld Economy Author:Lawrence Summers
“There's a reason why at most major universities and colleges the female-male enrollment is so out of whack. Thirty-five percent male versus 65% female. It used to be just the exact opposite. There's a reason.” ReasonUsedFiveCollegeMajorsPercentFemaleOppositesMalesUniversityUsed To BeReason WhyThirtyVersusEnrollment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Wounding and healing are not opposites. They're part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds of others. It is our limitations that make us kind to the limitations of other people. It is our loneliness that helps us to to find other people or to even know they're alone with an illness. I think I have served people perfectly with parts of myself I used to be ashamed of.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindHelpingUsedHealingLonelinessOppositesIllnessWoundsUsed To BeLimitationAshamedCompassionate Author:Rachel Naomi Remen