#contra

Had there been a Papist among the crowd of Puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in her attire and mien, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity, which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent; something which should remind him, indeed, but only by contrast, of that sacred image of sinless motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world. Here, there was the taint of of deepest sin in the most sacred of quality of human life, working such effect, that the world was only the darker for this woman's beauty, and the more lost for the infant that she had borne. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#motherhood #sacred #sin #beauty

The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made. ↗

— Norman McLaren

#art #balance #contrast #formal #good

Thoroughly read all your contracts. I really mean thoroughly. ↗

— Bret Michaels

#i #mean #read #really #thoroughly

I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#contradictions #find #going #i #i write

I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M. ↗

— John Tesh

#because #contract #could #day #half

One of the marked characteristics of the U.K. security industry as compared with defence is the lack of company scale. This can put our firms at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to big contracts. ↗

— Pauline Neville-Jones

#characteristics #comes #company #compared #competitive

The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#commitment #contrast #course #deeds #diplomatic

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#conveyed #often #opinion #really #tone

If I was roped into a seven-year TV contract I'd probably hang myself. ↗

— Justin Theroux

#hang #i #into #myself #probably

Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#contrary #film #film industry #forces #his