#contra

It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend. ↗

— Asa Gray

#approached #believed #blend #closely #completely

First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode. ↗

— Anthony Michael Hall

#directing #episode #first #first of all #i

I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives. ↗

— Fawn Hall

#details #did #i #initiatives #iran

With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That's what makes it an art. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#art #contrast #create #diffusion #exposure

I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity. ↗

— Peter Hammill

#believe #continue #contrary #given #homogeneity

I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#child #contrary #difficult #director #disturbing

Illegal drug use runs contrary to the image of health depicted by cycling. Distributors of these drugs must be prosecuted more harshly as they are ciminals. ↗

— Bernard Hinault

#cycling #depicted #distributors #harshly #health

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#consistent #contradict #honestly #mean #more

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#contract #eye #light #like #mind

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#consistency #consistent #contrary #dead #life