#contra

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#about #bed #book #computer #computer screen

I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face. ↗

— Gisele Bundchen

#boston #contracts #face #felt #i

Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror. ↗

— George W. Bush

#argued #confronting #contrary #could #crucial

Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees. ↗

— Karel Capek

#contrary #decrees #hear #indifference #necessary

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it. ↗

— Alexander Cockburn

#contradict #existing #first #first law #journalism

Columbia tried to put me behind other groups, so I didn't wanna wait, they let me out of the contract and I'm glad they did. ↗

— DMX

#columbia #contract #did #glad #groups

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#behavior #civilized #consider #contradicts #desirable

It's inevitable now, because everyone is a superstar, even if they're just an average player, and maybe that was part of the process set in motion when I signed that contract in 1994. ↗

— Robbie Fowler

#because #contract #even #everyone #i

The reason the contracts are so long is because actors are very spontaneous; we may want to do Shakespeare one day and be Porky Pig the next! ↗

— Jorja Fox

#contracts #day #long #may #next

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#adult #average #between #child #contrast