“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."” PeopleShowsHappensWatchesOppositesTradeBackgroundsMathematicianProgrammers Author:Michael Loceff
“The mystery of the evening-star brilliant in silence and distance between the downward-surging plunge of the sun and the vast, hollow seething of inpouring night. The magnificence of the watchful morning-star, that watches between the night and the day, the gleaming clue to the two opposites.” TwoNightStarsSilenceWatchesMorningSunMysteryOppositesDistanceBrilliantEveningCosmosClueHollowPlungeMagnificenceSeethingTwo Opposites Book:Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)
“A film, since it is primarily a visual medium, should really be like a silent film. You should be able to watch something and understand what was going on and use voice when you need to communicate something you can't necessarily communicate visually. The book is the opposite. The book is an inner monologue which is beautiful.” NeedsShouldBookUseAbleBeautifulFilmVoiceWatchesOppositesSilentCommunicateMediumsVisualsMonologuesSilent Films Author:Tom Ford
“Certain things are done intentionally opposite - like there's no sound at the end or synthesizers or all that stuff. Anything that drowns the movie, no. Anything that makes you sit up and watch it, yes. So, some are expecting a very sad theme going on.” EndsDoneCertainStuffSoundWatchesOppositesThemeExpectingVery SadSynthesizers Author:A. R. Rahman
“In film, you have to present everything on the screen so it's the opposite of what I usually do with storytelling. It forced me to think about how people walk, where they sit at that moment. With Princess of Nebraska, it was just fun to watch because the movie was so far from the story. It was very much a different story.” PeopleThinkingDifferentMomentsStoriesFilmFunWalksWatchesOppositesScreensStorytellingThat MomentPrincessNebraska Author:Yiyun Li
“Humans were my study animal now - I set up night watches on them, and I made phonograms of the noises they make. I studied their cries, and their contact calls, and their alarm signals. I never listened to what they were saying - I watched what they were doing, which is really the exact opposite of the Freuds and Jungs and Adlers.” HumansMadeNightAnimalWatchesStudyCryOppositesNoiseContactSignalsAlarmsJungAdler Author:Bill Mollison
“If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayShouldForceWatchesOppositesOne WaySpiteJust BeingStubbornMules Book:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“Life is chaotic and unpredictable. If a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world, it could cause people at the opposite end of the globe to watch a Discovery Channel special on butterflies” PeopleIfsWorldEndsLife IsCausesWatchesSpecialDiscoveryOppositesWingsButterflyGlobesUnpredictableChaotic Author:Stephen Colbert