#contrast

Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#between #contrast #democracy #forever #heroic

Because you don't notice the light without a bit of shadow. Everything has both dark and light. You have to play with it till you get it exactly right. ↗

— Libba Bray

#beauty

It was a cruel city, but it was a lovely one; a savage city, yet it had such tenderness; a bitter, harsh, and violent catacomb of stone an steel and tunneled rock, slashed savagely with light, and roaring, fighting a constant ceaseless warfare of men and of machinery; and yet it was so sweetly and so delicately pulsed, as full of warmth, of passion, and of love, as it was full of hate. ↗

— Thomas Wolfe

#city #contrasts #new-york #new-york-city #love

I like playing the contrasting roles. It what inspires me to act. If I look back on my career I am happy that I have gotten to play a wide variety of different roles, from Mike Dexter, to Van Ray in Fast Lane, to Dr. Cullen to Coop. ↗

— Peter Facinelli

#am #back #career #contrasting #dexter

Marimba is much more of a wood-type experience and there is no real possibility of getting a dry sound, and getting that contrast in the same way that you can in a vibraphone. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#dry #experience #getting #more #much

I am convinced that this approach, a mainstream Democratic approach, commands the strong support of the American people, and presents a sharp and compassionate contrast to the Republican abortion position which offers no real hope or commitment to mother or child. ↗

— Robert Casey

#am #american #american people #approach #child

I know that when I make a record like The Delivery Man as a contrast to even Il Sogno, this is going to reach a wider audience, because it communicates in that very direct way. ↗

— Elvis Costello

#because #communicates #contrast #delivery #direct

Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out. ↗

— C. S. Forester

#counterfeit #crises #deeply #dreadful #emotionally

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#contrast #even #everything #little #need

Experienced happiness refers to your feelings, to how happy you are as you live your life. In contrast, the satisfaction of the remembering self refers to your feelings when you think about your life. ↗

— Daniel Kahneman

#contrast #experienced #feelings #happiness #happy