"He had seen bigger men than he with mummy's handkerchief clutched in on hand and a bloody dagger in the other."

Contrast, Courage, Violence, Strength

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"He had seen bigger men than he with mummy's handkerchief clutched in on hand and a bloody dagger in the other."

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"The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"I know that when I make a record like The Delivery Man as a contrast to even Il Sogno, this is going to reach a wider audience, because it communicates in that very direct way."

Elvis Costello, British Musician

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"Once the image was in the digital environment, one of the problems was, we had no means to reproduce the color spectrum, grey scale, and contrast that film produces, without converting the digital file to film, evaluating it, then going back and changing the digital image."

John Dykstra, American Scientist

Contrast, Environment, Film, Problems

"As with sound, images are subjective. You and I may not see the same color red as red, but we will probably agree that the image on the screen is a digital image or film image, based on contrast, bit depth, and refresh rate."

John Dykstra, American Scientist

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"The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"In contrast to what most prosecutors do, we try to treat all individuals with complete fairness. We do not go out and hold press conferences and the like."

Kenneth Starr, American Lawyer

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"If tragedy never entered our lives, we wouldn't appreciate the magic."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

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"Light travels half away around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Contrast, Light, Darkness, Time, Speed

"Evil exists in this world because it has its place. For had you never sat blindly through the darkness of night, your eyes wouldn't turn toward the sunrise to appreciate its warmth and illumination."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Contrast, Truth, Regret, Inspirational, Today

"Somehow creationists keep us naturalists in track to some extent. They are the representation of human stupidity at its extreme. And we need some stupidity in the society for true intellect to be adored."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Orion nodded, then asked, 'Dwarf cheese?'Cheese made by dwarfs.'Oh, said Orion, relieved. 'They make it. It's not actually . . .'No. What a horrible thought.'Exactly."

Humor

"Today he became a killer, or else a corpse."

Life

"Humm humm haaa. Rahmumm humm haaaa,' intoned Opal, finishing her chant. 'Peace be inside me, tolerance all around me, forgiveness in my path. Now, Mervall, show me where the filthy human is so that I may feed him his organs."

Fantasy

"A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old."

Genius

"The craft's occupants clutched their armrests, and more than one of them closed their eyes. But not Artemis. He couldn't. There was something morbidly fascinating about flying into an uncharted tunnel at a reckless speed with only a kleptomaniac dwarf's word for what lay at the other end."

Adventure

"I'm the crazy girly captain, Remember?"

Leadership

"Ignorance, as they say, is usually fatal, but sometimes it can be bliss."

Knowledge

"Well, I don't like the first bit and I don't know the last bit. So I'm really hoping the middle bit is exceptional."

Expectation

"All we can hope for is that he will fall into the ocean with a bar of soap in his pocket."

Satire

"No, mademoiselle, I would not like to see the children's menu. I have no doubt that the children's menu itself tastes better than the meals on it. I would like to order A la carte. Or don't you serve fish to minors?"

Individuality