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Letter "C" » conversely
«At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.»
«The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.»
«The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.»
Author: Andy Rooney
(Correspondent, Journalist, Producer, Writer)
| Keywords:
closing, conversely, joyous, opening, privacy, wonderfully
«I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.»
Author: Andrew Carnegie
(Industrialist, Philanthropist)
| Keywords:
argue, compromise, compromised, conversely
«If we possessed a thorough knowledge of all the parts of the seed of any animal (e.g. man), we could from that alone, be reasons entirely mathematical and certain, deduce the whole conformation and figure of each of its members, and, conversely if we»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| Keywords:
conformation, conversely, deduce, deduced, e.g., e g, mathematical
«Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much...the wheel, New York, wars and so on...while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man...for precisely the same reason.»
Author: Douglas Adams
(Writer)
| About:
New York
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achieved, and so, and so on, assumed, believed, conversely, dolphin, dolphins, Good Time, Having, intelligent, muck, mucked, muck about, New Man, New York, precisely, so much, The New York Times, The Water, The wheel, wars, water, wheel, wheeled, York
«Learn to let your intuition?gut instinct?tell you when the food, the relationship, the job isn?t good for you (and conversely, when what you?re doing is just right).»
Author: Oprah Winfrey
(Actress, Producer)
| Keywords:
conversely, food, good for you, gut, gutting, instinct, intuition, intuitions, job, just right, relationship, The Job
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