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Government does not have magic powers. In fact, the opposite is true; it is the least effective agency invented by man.
What's it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I'm lucky, come up to his navel!
Age and youth look upon life from the opposite ends of the telescope; it is exceedingly long,--it is exceedingly short.
I am against limitations like perspective. Perspective is illusion, it's the opposite of presence, and art is presence.
Dalton Trumbo was constantly criticizing the membership [in the Communist Party], and was opposite to being a loyalist.
There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.
What saves me from being a drug addict is sort of the opposite. It's me realizing that I don't really control anything.
To be free is better than to be unfree – always. Any politician who suggests the opposite should be treated as suspect.
America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.
Since desire always goes towards that which is our direct opposite, it forces us to love that which will make us suffer.
Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve.
Repentance, not proper behavior or even holiness, is the doorway to grace. And the opposite of sin is grace, not virtue.
Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be.
Zen doesn't believe in the reconciliation of opposites because from the point of view of Zen, there is no point of view.
It's a rule worth having in mind. Income almost always flows along the same axis as power but in the opposite direction.
I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete - that's what scares me.
Christianity got over the difficulty of combining furious opposites, by keeping them both, and keeping them both furious.
Mind and intuition are at opposite ends of the same continuum and our goal is to strike a healthy balance between the two.
I pray that all polar opposites learn to agape love, live, and work together as brothers and sisters - or perish as fools.
Good and evil are merely opposite sides of a coin. Get tossed in the air enough, it's easy to come down on the wrong side.
An intelligent investor gets satisfaction from the thought that his operations are exactly opposite to those of the crowd.
I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.
Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave
Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.
I'm always looking for a chance to play somebody who's completely opposite of me, just because I find it more interesting.
Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other.
The more vulnerable and the more confused the song is, the equal and opposite effect is how I feel after having written it.
You feel quite strangely secure [doing any kind of series]. It's the opposite of how you're supposed to feel doing a movie.
I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.
We are always seeking our opposite, whether we know it or not. When we discover what that is we can dissolve our arrogance.
Within every setback or obstacle or disadvantage there is the seed of an equal or opposite or greater advantage or benefit.
Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool.
Love and fear are the two opposite ends of the continuum, as far as I'm concerned. When we are not in love, we are in fear.
I never neglected my daughters - quite the opposite - but I suppose I could have and should have spent more time with them.
For me to live in a world that is not inclusive of other people who are not Christian would be the opposite of Christianity.
It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.
We know a thing by its opposite corollary; hot by having experienced cold; good by having decided what is bad; love by hate.
I actually prefer getting into roles that are the polar opposite of me; that's why I've done so many dark and dreary things.
Mourinho and Zidane are very different, one could say they are opposites. But it's not like one is bad and the other is good.
I'm not afraid of a world with less consumerism, less 'stuff' and no economic growth. I'm far more frightened of the opposite
The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.
In some respects, South African apartheid was more vicious than Israeli practices, and in some respects the opposite is true.
The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London.
The way to God is the opposite to that of the world. And to few, very few, are given to have God and mammon at the same time.
Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down.
Everyone thinks I'm some big drug addict and loser because of the parts I play - quite the opposite. I decided to be a winner.
Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.
Every so often my life will feel like a story. It doesn't have to be a big thing; in fact, most often, it's just the opposite.
It's a civil war, and Arjuna knows a lot of people who are on the opposite side of the battlefield - they've been his friends.
I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite.