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«Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They don't know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy.»
Author: Anthony Burgess
(Critic, Man of letter, Novelist)
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aspect, creatively, desire to know, opposite
«You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.»
«What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.»
«The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks.»
«What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is its exact opposite»
«This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.»
«We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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fully, grasp, import, imported, imports, notion, of import, opposite, statement, The Statement, true statement, untrue
«The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.»
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