Viola Davis

It became motivation as opposed to something else - the thing about poverty is that it starts affecting your mind and your spirit because people don't see you. I chose from a very young age that I didn't want that for my life. And it very much has helped me appreciate and value the things that are in my life now because I never had it.

American Actress

Lady Gaga

I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.

American Singer

Alice Walker

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

American Author

Yvonne Strahovski

I think it's really important that people become aware of the amount, the mass of animals that are sitting in shelters as opposed to people going out and just buying puppies that are being bred.

Australian Actress

Elena Kagan

It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.

American Judge

Emily Giffin

A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you.

Ava DuVernay

There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It's a reflection as opposed to an interpretation.

American Director

Frank Gehry

I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.

American Architect

John Hodgman

I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to 'truthiness.

American Comedian

William J. Clinton

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

American President

Use 'oppose' when personally disagreeing with plans, ideas, or actions.

Personal Disagreement

Highlight your firm stance against a policy or decision by saying you oppose it.

Taking a Stand

'Oppose' is stronger than simply saying no; it shows active resistance.

Not Just 'No'

In sports, use 'oppose' to describe the competitive relationship between teams.

Sporting Context

When competing, 'oppose' doesn't always mean hostility, but can imply a friendly challenge.

Friendly Rivalry

In art, 'oppose' expresses the use of elements that starkly differ from each other to create interest.

Artistic Contrast

Using 'oppose' to describe color or shape contrasts can describe visual impact in design and art.

Visual Impact

Use 'oppose' when two parties are directly confronting each other, often with opposing views.

Direct Confrontation

'Oppose' suggests a proactive attempt to stop or argue against someone, not passive disagreement.

Beyond Disagreement

 fruit timber to make a living but the end result was an area that was now covered in trees yes you could harvest some trees and you still had a forest conservation was a day job our model is that economic development is directly opposed to environmental conservation we can't conserve the natural world because

An Island On the Brink...

 we've got to stay vigilant and active, even after the ballots have been counted. We've got to stay active all the way through to inauguration day. But I want to say to you, I will support the winner of a free and fair election no matter which candidate wins, and I will oppose any so-called winner

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 Scientists think that crying and feeling withdrawn is what originally helped our ancestors secure social bonds and helped them get the support they needed. Sadness, as opposed to anger or violence, was an expression of suffering that could immediately bring people closer to the suffering person,

A brief history of...

 These Anti-Federalists were especially worried by the text's apparent lack of protections for individual liberties. As the conventions proceeded, many of these critics shifted from opposing the Constitution entirely to insisting on adding an explicit declaration of rights.

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 with people to try and you know you know to try and work with them as opposed to against them I'm I filmed some amazing hunts in my time and it's a wildlife filmmaking isn't all about the hunting although a lot of things that tend to get onto the screen can be hunting you

Lions Through a Lens:...

 not only fails to fully convey Orwell's message, it actually risks doing precisely what he tried to warn against. Orwell was indeed opposed to all forms of tyranny, spending much of his life fighting against anti-democratic forces of both the left-wing and the right.

What "Orwellian" really...

 these days are become shorter and shorter term which creates turmoil and chaos in strategy in how we present ourselves to the world the easiest way to understand the game you're in is when you have an opposing force in other words not that right so you want great

What game theory teaches...

 Its damage to democratic institutions would be long lasting. In all likelihood, there were both Democrats and Republicans who knew that the anti-communist purges were deeply unjust but feared that directly opposing them would hurt their careers.

What is McCarthyism? And...

 this could also cause a huge surge in air pollution, an unintended consequence that's important to think about. explore other points of view. Ask yourself why so many people are drawn to the policies of the opposing political candidate.

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 in Kagoshima for the first time in a decade, it was revealed that the two pairs had fought on opposing sides. Tempers flared and a fight almost broke out until their father stepped in. The brothers managed to make peace