Christian Bale

I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That was never anything I set out to do. In fact, the opposite, I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.

Welsh Actor

Eckhart Tolle

Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment - a means to an end.

German Speaker

Tyler Perry

I didn't want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I've tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that. And it has served not only the art well, but I think the audience well.

American Actor

Virginia Woolf

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.

British Author

Jack Kerouac

A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

American Novelist

Coco Chanel

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

French Designer

Arthur Schopenhauer

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

German Philosopher

George Santayana

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Spanish Philosopher

Thomas Mann

A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.

German Writer

Jonathan Larson

The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation.

American Composer

Indicates two things are directly facing each other across a space or barrier.

Physical Placement

Often used to describe seating arrangements where people face each other.

Interactive Setting

Highlights extreme differences in qualities, characteristics, or opinions.

Strong Contrast

Useful for summarizing opposing views in discussions or debates.

Debate Clarification

In literature, characters may be presented as opposites to highlight differences.

Character Foils

Used to describe people in relationships with markedly different personalities.

Relationship Dynamics

Indicates the location of a place directly across from another.

Geographical Reference

When observing, you might be directed to look 'opposite' for a contrasting view.

Observational Perspective

In acting, describes playing roles that interact closely, often in contrast.

Performance Roles

Can be used informally to describe working alongside someone in any context.

Informal Partnerships

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 And I have one more piece of good news for you. The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull. It doesn't. It's actually the opposite. The more you know, the more amazing the world seems. And it's the crazy possibilities, the unanswered questions, that pull us forward.

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 yin and yang are not total opposites, they are relative to each other. Taoists believe that the universe is made up of energies, vibrations, and matter, which behave differently in different contexts. Something can be yin or yang depending on, well, depending on lots of things.

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 The ensuing power vacuum led to a series of civil wars, during which Brutus, facing certain defeat, took his own life. Ironically, the ultimate result would be the opposite of what the conspirators had hoped to the end of the Republic

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 opposite corners are the same color, so it's impossible to start and end a Hamiltonian path on opposite corners. It seems like you're out of luck, unless you look at the rules carefully and notice an important exception.

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 the magnets fly out. Magnets are constantly trying to flip over so that the opposite poles meet. So how can we make magnetic levitation more stable? And more importantly, how can we do it on a large scale?

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 children and the opposite sides of this conflict rarely meet

Opposite