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When you are developing something, you have to look at it individually. You can't compare and contrast it to the projects around it, because that way madness lies.

~Bryan Fuller

Topics: Around Because Compare Contrast Developing Individually Lies Look Madness Projects Something Way You

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The home stands in contrast to all other capitalist institutions as the last stronghold of pre-capitalist isolation.

~C. L. R. James

Topics: Capitalist Contrast Home Institutions Isolation Last Other Stands

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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

Topics: Contrast Counterfeit Crises Deeply Dreadful Emotionally Emotions England Everything Hollywood Moved Out Returned Stark Trivial Worn

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Television is, in many respects, a passive medium: people receive information without really exchanging ideas with others. By contrast, the Internet can be an active medium, allowing individuals to use e-mail, discussion groups, and even Web sites to engage with one another.

~Cass Sunstein

Topics: Active Allowing Another Contrast Discussion Engage Even Exchanging Groups Ideas Individuals Information Internet Many Many Respects Medium Others Passive People Really Receive Respects Sites Television Use Web Web Sites Without E-Mail

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I like bold statements. I'm very nearsighted, and I'm terrible at the whole contacts thing. I figured, 'Why not get some glasses that are fun, that contrast with my skin tone and brighten things up.'

~Cecile Mclorin Salvant

Topics: Bold Brighten Contacts Contrast Figured Fun Get Glasses Like Skin Some Statements Terrible Thing Things Tone Up Very Whole Why Why Not

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I'm fascinated by the journey that an intelligent and an ambitious woman makes in the professional world in contrast to the journey that a man of similar ambition, of similar intelligence makes. What sort of concessions does a woman have to make? Does she have to work 20 percent harder than a man?

~Charles Cumming

Topics: Ambition Ambitious Contrast Does Fascinated Harder Intelligence Intelligent Journey Make Makes Man Percent Professional She Similar Sort Than Woman Work World

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There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

~Charles Dickens

Topics: Contrast Dark Earth Lights Shadows Stronger

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The Moon was the most spectacularly beautiful desert you could ever imagine. Unspoilt. Untouched. It had a vibrancy about it and the contrast between it and the black sky was so vivid, it just made this impression of excitement and wonder.

~Charles Duke

Topics: About Beautiful Between Black Contrast Could Desert Ever Excitement Had Imagine Impression Just Made Moon Most Sky Vivid Wonder You

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It is an Englishman who turns out to be the real villain of 'The Moonstone.' By contrast, the three Indian priests who dedicate their lives to returning the jewel to its proper home in the temple, though they have nothing personal to gain by doing so, are positively heroic.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Topics: Contrast Dedicate Doing Englishman Gain Heroic Home Indian Jewel Lives Nothing Out Personal Positively Priests Proper Real Returning Temple Though Three Turns Villain Who

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The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

~Chris Hemsworth

Topics: Character Conflict Contrast Interesting Makes More You

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