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When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.

A. A. Milne
opposites owl long

It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.

A. J. Liebling
later-in-life opposites world

It is hard to think of anything which more tragically and clearly exemplifies the phenomenon of good political intentions achieving the precise opposite of their aim.

A. N. Wilson
opposites history thinking

Certain things are done intentionally opposite - like there's no sound at the end or synthesizers or all that stuff. Anything that drowns the movie, no. Anything that makes you sit up and watch it, yes. So, some are expecting a very sad theme going on.

A. R. Rahman
sound opposites watches

...it is not possible to create the opposite of what one has always known, simply because the opposite is believed to be desired. Human beings need what they already know, even horrors.

A. S. Byatt
horror opposites needs
Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age by Aaron Sorkin

Writers are opposite of athletes, they get better with age

Aaron Sorkin
get-better athlete opposites

I do know that I've read somewhere that it's been statistically proven that in times of war, horror films are much more popular. I don't know why that is. You'd think it'd be the opposite. You'd think people would want to escape from it.

Aaron Stanford
opposites war thinking
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean th... by Abba Eban

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

Abba Eban
leadership opposites mean

Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz said I have never known Allah May He be exalted except through the coincidence in Him of the opposites. 'He is the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden.'

Abdelkader El Djezairi
als opposites may
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indiffe... by Abraham Joshua Heschel

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Abraham Joshua Heschel
indifference evil opposites

I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. I am sure that either the one or the

Abraham Lincoln
religious opposites men

Persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should be adopted to influence the conduct of men. The opposite course would be a reversal of human nature, which is God's decree and can never be reversed.

Abraham Lincoln
would-be opposites men

To believe something in the face of evidence and against reason - to believe something by faith - is ignoble, irresponsible and ignorant, and merits the opposite of respect.

A.C. Grayling
ignorant opposites believe
I tried to oppose the academic to the marketplace. by Ad Reinhardt

I tried to oppose the academic to the marketplace.

Ad Reinhardt
marketplace academic opposites

The interest of the dealers, however, in any particular branch of trade or manufactures, is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public. To widen the market and to narrow the competition, is always the interest of the dealers.

Adam Smith
competition different opposites

The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing to my charge.

Adam Weishaupt
tenors opposites men

I've done a lot of independent film, which are short shoots that are usually four to six weeks, max. I enjoy everything. After one particular experience of work, I like to go in the opposite direction and do a short film, or something else.

Adelaide Clemens
independent six opposites

Indeed, nearly all attempts to exterminate a doctrine and its organizational expression, by force without spiritual foundation, are doomed to failure, and not seldom end with the exact opposite of the desired result.

Adolf Hitler
expression spiritual opposites

As long as the National Socialist Movement is leading Germany-and that will be the case for the next few centuries, no matter how often our emigrants conjure up the opposite view- this opinion will not change.

Adolf Hitler
views opposites long

Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.

Adrian Mitchell
rocks opposites needs
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