#contra

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#contract #eating #few #habit #show

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#contradict #him #man #never #tells

Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#different #even #every #might #novelist

Make sure you know what you are signing when you sign a recording contract. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#know #make #recording #sign #signing

I was a sickly child, contracting tuberculosis at the age of five. ↗

— Dinah Sheridan

#child #contracting #five #i #sickly

Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary. ↗

— Peter Straub

#buddies #contrary #despite #efforts #fear

But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing. ↗

— Jay Roach

#approval #as far as #bit #contractual #embarrassing

Reality is contradictory. And it's paradoxical. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#paradoxical #reality

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word. ↗

— Brooks Robinson

#contract #glove #last #loudest #moments

The city's contradictions and frailties drive me to the church. The church, in turn, binds my wounds and soothes my troubled heart, and sends me right back out into the city again. ↗

— Steve Ross

#back #binds #church #city #contradictions