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• Her stillness was such a contrast to all the jumbled communication inside me that I suddenly felt what a tiresome fellow I was, always filling the air with the rattle of words and anxieties.

  Robin Hobb

  Communication, Air, Anxiety

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• Securing, not prohibiting, the orderly transfer of wealth from A to B, based on wealth differentials, is the raison d'être of the [New Deal programs]. The contrast between the modern progressive and classical liberal agendas could not be more explicit.

  Richard Allen Epstein

  Agendas, Wealth, Progressive

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• Saudi Arabia stammering worldwide terrorism! Yeah, but Donald Trump went there and tackled it. You compare this to Barack Obama's mindless twaddling, whatever it was, the Cairo speech that no can still tell you what he said. The contrast is striking to me.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Terrorism, Compare, Barack

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Yet Donald Trump gets off the plane in Saudi Arabia, gets off the plane in Israel, and is overwhelmingly respected and welcomed and appreciated. I have to think that it's not all just because he has the title of president. I think it's a stunning contrast. How can these two completely different characters exist: The Donald Trump of Washington and the Donald Trump of this trip?

  Rush Limbaugh

  Character, Thinking, President

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope.

  David Limbaugh

  Commitment, America, Optimism

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• I have always liked the contrast between being blonde and having dark features.

  Rita Ora

  Dark, Blonde, Features

  "Exclusive Interview: Rita Ora". Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. April 17, 2012.

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• In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors.

  Helmut Newton

  California, House, Backyards

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• In order for poetry to exist there has to be not-poetry to contrast it with.

  Elaine Equi

  Order

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• In cloning, in contrast, reproduction is asexual - the cloned child is the product not of two but of one.

  Leon Kass

  Children, Two, Cloning

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• The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

  Chris Hemsworth

  Character, Interesting, Conflict

  "Exclusive On-Set Interview With Chris Hemsworth!". Interview with Lauren Brown, www.seventeen.com. February 9, 2012.

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• I'm not saying that atheists can't act morally or have moral knowledge. But when I ascribe virtue to an atheist, it's as a theist who sees the atheist as conforming to objective moral values. The atheist, by contrast, has no such basis for morality. And yet all moral judgments require a basis for morality, some standard of right and wrong.

  William A. Dembski

  Atheist, Morality, Judgment

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• It is true that the Drive-By Media is not spending a lot of time covering the Donald Trump Middle East trip. The reason is, they don't want to write or televise any of this because it's in such stark contrast to the pictures they've been painting of Trump. It's so incongruent. It's so inconsistent. In addition to all else, it is the protection of the Barack Obama legacy.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Writing, Legacy, Painting

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• It is clear that friendship is by and large crucial to human life. And I believe, in contrast with most of the philosophical tradition deriving from Aristotle, that it is not limited to a very few perfect individuals.

  Alexander Nehamas

  Believe, Philosophical, Perfect

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made.

  Norman McLaren

  Art, Should Have, Unity

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• In the future it's very possible you could have an artificial intelligence system that can run the country better than a human being. Because human beings are naturally selfish. Human beings are naturally after their own interests. We are geared towards pursuing our own desires, but oftentimes, those desires have contrasts to the benefit of society, at large, or against the benefit of the greater good. Whereas, if you have a machine, you will be able to program that machine to, hopefully, benefit the greatest good, and really go after that.

  Zoltan Istvan

  Running, Country, Selfish

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• To me, making a horror movie is about how you can present similar genre familiarities, but present them a little bit differently. Part of what interests me is the nonchalant realism of it, because you don't get that in the big studio horror movies. I like seeing someone walk around a house and sift through the drawers, and things like that, because that reminds me of what I would do, and of weird personal choices that people would make. That, in contrast to seeing someone get chased with a knife, makes it all the more interesting.

  Ti West

  People, Interesting, Choices

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Indeed, often because of the size and weight in the world of our neighbor, we in Canada often define ourselves in contrast to American positions on things like Cuba, the Vietnam War and nuclear disarmament. Historically, Canada has not always been aligned with the United States. It doesn't necessarily serve anyone's interests - Canadian or American - to be seen as an extension of the United States.

  Justin Trudeau

  War, World, Neighbor

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I'm open to the gifts of the Spirit. The real healings are so beautiful I hate to see it blasphemed by fakes who merchandise the gifts. Bethel Church and HRock Church now charge thousands of dollars to teach the gifts of the Spirit in contrast to the Apostle Peter who rebuked Simon for offering money for it.

  Richard Rossi

  Beautiful, Hate, Real

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• Liberalism, conservatism, that's irrelevant stuff to Trump. He looks at things in an entirely different way. This is a reason why we, as conservatives, have to remain vigilant as we can to the ideological component of what's going on here, because as it succeeds, we need to be able to tell people why it's working and at the same time be able to contrast and say why it didn't work when the liberals ran the show. This is an ongoing effort.

  Rush Limbaugh

  People, Effort, Different

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Modern science is a vast attempt to homogenize the universe. Aristotelian science, by contrast, remains faithful to our lived experience, and thus conceives of the world as essentially heterogeneous; composed of different kinds of beings.

  David Roochnik

  Faithful, Different, World

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Hillary Clinton is doing a thank-you for the money, largely because she wants them to continue giving it to her. Make no mistake about that. And that is almost the difference in the two campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, in a nutshell. It's a stark contrast.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Mistake, Giving, Clinton

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Compare and contrast: Donald Trump is going out thanking the voters who supported him. You look at his cabinet picks. They are not donors. These three military guys are not being chosen because they're being paid back for donating to Trump. He's picking them because they're the best. And what's Hillary Clinton doing? She is thanking the money people. She's not thanking supporters. She's not thanking people who believed in her for her ideas and substance and her personally.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Military, People, Guy

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• In contrast to the values of morality, which depend on and encourage our similarities to each other, values like friendship or beauty depend on and encourage our differences. Ultimately, friendship is essential to our fashioning ourselves in ways that don't simply repeat the fashions of our surroundings: it is a mechanism of individuality.

  Alexander Nehamas

  Fashion, Individuality, Morality

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• I'm fascinated by the journey that an intelligent and an ambitious woman makes in the professional world in contrast to the journey that a man of similar ambition, of similar intelligence makes. What sort of concessions does a woman have to make? Does she have to work 20 percent harder than a man?

  Charles Cumming

  Ambition, Intelligent, Journey

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• No one knows anything about economics. It's the great lie of the economists. By contrast in football people might have contrasting opinions, each of which has some validity. But the economists always speak in conditionals - what a mess.

  Vicente del Bosque

  Football, Lying, People

  "Vicente del Bosque: Putting regional tensions aside has united Spain" by Jimmy Burns, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2012.

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