Maria McErlane quotes

Maria McErlane quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“They say opposites attract, which is possibly why I am very much attracted to Nicholas Parsons.”
-- Maria McErlane

#Opposites Quotes #Opposites Attract Quotes

“It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.”
“It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.”
“Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.”
“Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.”
“Sometimes you can really serve well and win the match because of the serve. I have the opposite thing now, so it's kind of hard. I can just really play with my forehand and backhand.”
“I enjoy the risk of bungee-jumping. I used to pay money to do it. Now, it's the opposite. I get paid to do action.”
“The ethic of truth is the complete opposite of an 'ethics of communication'. It is an ethic of the Real The ethic of truth is absolutely opposed to opinion, and to ethics in general.”

Source : Alain Badiou (2002). “Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil”, p.52, Verso
“And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, of holding on.”
“Opposites attract - and then aggravate.”
“Opposites attract - and then can't stand each other.”

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