#antithesis

The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#american idol #antithesis #even #famous #got

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness. ↗

— Aaron Copland

#antithesis #form #i #i am #inspiration

I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real. ↗

— Paul Walker

#antithesis #because #i #job #like

I think that this liberal progressive agenda is not the thing that the American people want and it's antithesis to who we are as a constitutional republic. ↗

— Allen West

#american #american people #antithesis #constitutional #constitutional republic

No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false antithesis. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#around #being #consciousness #determines #ever

Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#authentic #blunt #brash #christie #governor

I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you've made a billion dollars, you've probably become uncool. ↗

— Sean Parker

#become #being #billion #cool #dollars

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. ↗

— Herbert Read

#becomes #clearly #farther #group #individual

I was supposed to be the antithesis of Frank. ↗

— Douglas Wilson

#frank #i #supposed

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#antithesis #brief #egoism #idealism #interpretation