#contra

At the end of drama school, I made a contract with myself: I'd try acting for five years. I was 26. I had already spent eight years working in restaurants and gas stations. So I had seen enough small businesses to understand that that's what acting is: a small business. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#already #business #businesses #contract #drama

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers. ↗

— William James

#one thing #only #other #philosopher #philosophers

The league, is doing well. It is just a matter of trying to sort some things out with my contract. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#doing #just #league #matter #out

The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast. ↗

— Clarence Budington Kelland

#brilliant #contrast #dull #duty #speakers

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#advice #always #autonomy #best #contrary

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#contrary #day #first #house #last

Contradictory to my religion, I think, is journalism. ↗

— Sydney Schanberg

#i #i think #journalism #religion #think

I've had the thought that a person's 'artistic vision' is really just the cumulative combination of whatever particular stances he has sincerely occupied during his creative life - even if some of those might appear contradictory. ↗

— George Saunders

#artistic #combination #contradictory #creative #creative life

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#contract #eating #few #habit #show

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#contradict #him #man #never #tells