#inverse

The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line. ↗

— Charles Edward Montague

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Man’s guilt in history and in the tides of his own blood has been complicated by technology, the daily seeping falsehearted death. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that. ↗

— Lena Headey

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There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate. ↗

— Hans Eysenck

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The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

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I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. ↗

— Bill Veeck

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People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

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Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Time is a resource whose supply is inversely proportional to its demand. ↗

— Craig Bruce

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