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In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of imposed dramaticness.


Tom Stoppard


#behave #between #contradiction #imposed #kind

The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.


Lytton Strachey


#contrary #descended #direction #french #french language

To contrast national solidarity and international cooperation as two opposites seems foolish to me.


Gustav Stresemann


#cooperation #foolish #international #international cooperation #me

What the nation's built on is discussion, contradiction and growth, and at the moment you can't discuss anything. If you do start to discuss it, you get criticized. If people hate us, you have to find out why and try to solve that problem.


Donald Sutherland


#built #contradiction #criticized #discuss #discussion

When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had changed a lot. I didn't understand how to make records for big labels. I was waiting for a new kind of record label to emerge.


Matthew Sweet


#big #changed #coming #contract #did

The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.


Jonathan Swift


#curing #earlier #false #follies #latter

I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions.


Antonio Tabucchi


#been #contradictions #drawn #full #i

The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.


Jalal Talabani


#contrary #iraqi #kurdish #no-fly #people

Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.


Al-Waleed bin Talal


#between #bondage #contract #family #king

In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I was the only man for that job and get a special work permit until I went under contract to MGM.


Rod Taylor


#beginning #contract #convince #every #every time






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