Opposites Quotes — Page 40

Novelist, Short Story Writer

“I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete — that's what scares me. That's why I quit the Theatre Department. Just because I'm so horribly conditioned to accept everybody else's values, and just because I like applause and people to rave about me, doesn't make it right. I'm ashamed of it. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. I'm sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some kind of a splash.”

People Opposites Sick

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J. D. Salinger

Novelist, Short Story Writer

“I'm not afraid to compete. It's just the opposite. Don't you see that? I'm afraid I will compete - that's what scares me.”

Opposites Scare Not Afraid

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Gabrielle Bernstein

Author, Speaker

“We're not really brought up in a culture where we believe we're meant to be happy, that peace is our birthright. It's not what we're taught; quite the opposite, actually. With all the expectations and the negative stories going on in the world, we have a lot to overcome.”

Believe Opposites Expectations

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

Novelist

“The cleverly expressed opposite of any generally accepted idea is worth a fortune to somebody.”

Inspirational Ideas Opposites

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Zadie Smith

Novelist, Essayist

“For me, [deep structures] might be something very simply to do with the split in my family. That's why I'm always thinking about opposites. It's so childish, really, but that might be simply what it is.”

Thinking Opposites Splits

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Zadie Smith

Novelist, Essayist

“I guess I've always written more from the opposite perspective, that kind of existentialist perspective which argues that existence precedes essence. And there really isn't anything essential in there - you're the product of your actions, which can always change. And they retrospectively make you one way or another.”

Opposites Essence Perspective

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Mahatma Gandhi

Political Leader

“Unless we are able to evolve a spirit of mutual tolerance for diametrically opposite views, non co-operation is an impossibility.”

Views Opposites Tolerance

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Mahatma Gandhi

Political Leader

“All religions teach that two opposite forces act upon us and the human endeavour consists in a series of eternal rejections and acceptances.”

Two Opposites Acceptance

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Karen Thompson Walker

Author

“I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want to publish my book.”

Years Book Opposites

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Hank Green

Entrepreneur, Author, YouTuber

“Bravery is not strength in the face of a far lesser foe. Bravery is the exact opposite of that.”

Faces Opposites Bravery

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Oprah Winfrey

Television host, producer, philanthropist

“For me to live in a world that is not inclusive of other people who are not Christian would be the opposite of Christianity.”

People Christian Opposites

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Author, Statistician

“It is also naïve empiricism to provide, in support of some argument, series of eloquent confirmatory quotes by dead authorities. By searching, you can always find someone who made a well-sounding statement that confirms your point of view and, on every topic, it is possible to find another dead thinker who said the exact opposite.”

Views Support Opposites

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