#contra

One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#contract #dollars #five-year #go #industry

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#condition #contradiction #full #i #live

To the contrary, when you look at projections, both Polish and international, we can expect some slowing down of the rate of growth in the coming year, 2012. But of course these are projections. ↗

— Marek Belka

#coming #contrary #course #down #expect

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#contrary #exact #generally #often #truth

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#contrary #diplomacy #end #far #globalization

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#about #bed #book #computer #computer screen

Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley. ↗

— William M. Daley

#daley #mayor #most #people #rich

I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract. ↗

— Hermione Gingold

#any #contract #enough #got #i

Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#amount #certain #contract #going #hard

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#contrary #departure #doctrine #journey #metaphysical