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• I felt implicated in American affairs.Outraged at the blatant lies about Iraqs involvement in al Qaeda, at the regimes arrogance and stupidity, Guantnamo Bay and all the rest of it. But the poems at the start of District and Circle Anahorish 1944, The Aerodromearent particularly aimed as criticism. On the contrary, there's a recognition of the big contribution to world order made in Europe during World War II.

  Seamus Heaney

  War, Lying, Order

  Source: harvardmagazine.com

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• Quotation is a method of appropriation which is invincible, I think. It's not a procedure which displeases me, contrary to recycling.

  Susan Sontag

  Thinking, Recycling, Procedures

  Source: ctheory.net

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• If we simply follow the rules that a state imposes upon us when that state is acting contrary to the public interest, we're not actually improving anything. We're not changing anything.

  Edward Snowden

  Acting, States, Interest

  Source: www.thenation.com

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• If you begin acting contrary to the public's interest, and there is no alternative governmental model, with which you're willing to engage, we, the people, will have to put forth our own extra governmental models and methods of trying to restore the balance of liberty to the liberal tradition of Western society.

  Edward Snowden

  People, Trying, Liberty

  Source: www.nesta.org.uk

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• Radicals are not going to disappear. They're going to go underground. They're going to be hardened. And they're not going to be exposed to contrary ideas made by educated people who can make real, convincing, and persuasive arguments to deradicalise these people.

  Edward Snowden

  Real, Ideas, People

  Source: www.nesta.org.uk

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• Evolutionary theory has nothing to say, in general, as to whether cheating is more advantageous than cooperating. There are many circumstances in which the contrary would be true, and empirical evidence, though it exists, has little bearing on real situations.

  Noam Chomsky

  Cheating, Real, Would Be

  Source: libcom.org

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• I'm saying we need to be aware of it, and we need to be able to distinguish when political developments are occurring that are contrary to the public interest.

  Edward Snowden

  Political, Needs, Development

  Source: www.thenation.com

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• Alcohol, contrary to instinct, is not the secret to happiness.

  Mary Schmich

  Alcohol, Secret, Instinct

  "Thanksgiving Helper Hotline addresses pressing holiday issues" by Mary Schmich, articles.chicagotribune.com. November 21, 2012.

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• I'm very interested in film making. It's telling a story, fiction or non-fiction. I have been filmed quite a lot. Contrary to popular belief, filming isn't glamorous. It can be wearingly repetitious, as the same shot is taken over and over again.

  Stephen Hawking

  Taken, Fiction, Stories

  "Stephen Hawking Reveals What He REALLY Thought Of Eddie Redmayne In 'The Theory Of Everything'". The Huffington Post UK Interview, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. August 5, 2015.

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• God ordained and established civil government, but only to serve the common good. A civil government that oppresses its people and acts contrary to the people's interests deposes itself, ceases to be a legitimate government, and, therefore, citizens are no longer obligated by Scripture to obey it.

  Daniel L Dreisbach

  Government, People, Scripture

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• I've been criticized by many anarchists as believing that anarchism is impossible without affluence. On the contrary, I think affluence is very destructive to anarchism. If you are absorbed by that commodity world then you're not going to move toward any radical positions, you're going to move toward a stance of protectiveness.

  Murray Bookchin

  Believe, Moving, Thinking

  Source: robertgraham.wordpress.com

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• I do not accept the fact that conditions that prevent people from attaining their eternal destiny were born into them without any ability to control. That is contrary to the Plan of Salvation, and it is contrary to the justice and mercy of God. It's contrary to the whole teaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which expresses the truth that by or through the power and mercy of Jesus Christ we will have the strength to do all things. That includes resisting temptation. That includes dealing with things that we're born with, including disfigurements, or mental or physical incapacities.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Jesus, Teaching, Destiny

  Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

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• One of the great sophistries of our age, I think, is that merely because one has an inclination to do something, that therefore acting in accordance with that inclination is inevitable. That's contrary to our very nature as the Lord has revealed to us. We do have the power to control our behavior.

  Lance B. Wickman

  Thinking, Age, Acting

  Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

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• [Genderless marriage] is contrary to God's law, to revealed Word. Scripture, ancient and modern, could not be clearer on the definition that the Lord and His agents have given to marriage down through the dispensations.

  Lance B. Wickman

  Law, Definitions, Scripture

  Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

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• Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary to what the government had planned to do.

  Nelson Mandela

  Government, Groups, Facts

  Source: www.mott.org

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• Getting the economy back on its feet is properly viewed as an investment in future prosperity. When businesses and consumers confront attractive investment opportunities, often the only way to seize them is by borrowing. The same is true for government. Contrary to the pronouncements of critics of economic stimulus, these investments will not impoverish our grandchildren. Continuing to allow the economy to languish in recession is the surest way to impoverish them.

  Robert H. Frank

  Opportunity, Grandchildren, Feet

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• The Bible, contrary to what people think, actually puts forth a strong case for no free will, no free will.

  Vincent Bugliosi

  Strong, Thinking, People

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• When you ban people from predominantly Muslim countries from coming into the U.S., even people who accompanied our soldiers and helped them on the battlefield, but you say, "But, of course, there's gonna be an exception if you're a religious minority," - OK, so that means Christians, there will be a different rule applied to Christians from these countries than others - that's a religious test. And that is completely contrary to our national traditions.

  Tim Kaine

  Christian, Country, Religious

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• Encourage dissent: Leaders should have associates who have contrary views, who are devil's advocates, "variance sensors" who can tell them the difference between what is expected and what is really happening, between what they want to hear and what they need to hear. There are too many naked emperors running around today.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Running, Views, Should Have

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• We [me and Eugene Levy] both try to play the reality of a moment and don't try to impose humor on something where it doesn't belong. Contrary to what other people seem to think sometimes.

  Samuel L. Jackson

  Reality, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.hollywood.com

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• In my view, the critical questions in this era of mass incarceration are: What disturbs us? What seems contrary to expectation? Who do we really care about?

  Michelle Alexander

  Views, Expectations, Care

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Does life continue beyond the door? The fulfilment of life is not annihilation - on the contrary - I am much more ambitious, much more desirous, much more eager than you are. It is Life. Therefore it cannot be annihilation, for you cannot annihilate Life!

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Doors, Ambitious, Doe

  Source: www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net

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• We are not responsible for the behavior of anyone that goes contrary to what we teach, any more than the Pope of Rome or the Archbishop of Canterbury or a religious leader who teaches moral law and values can be charged with the errant behavior of a parishioner or congregant who may violate their moral teachings. That is on the individual.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Religious, Teaching, Rome

  Source: www.finalcall.com

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• I have always challenged myself and it's also important to learn from the rivals. Every rider has his own style, and you have to count on some elements that cannot be changed. On the contrary, the bike or the tires can change and it's important to adapt yourself. It's up to the rider to understand what he can change and how much he can adapt.

  Valentino Rossi

  Style, Important, Rivals

  Source: www.cycleworld.com

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• 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.

  Lord Acton

  Ignorance, Simple, Two

  "Lord Acton and his Circle". Book by Abbot Francis Aidan Gasquet, 1906.

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