88 Quotes About Contrary

  • Author Enrico Fermi
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    There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.

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  • Author Peter Fader
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    Putting the stuff where people are more likely to go is the big payoff. It runs contrary to what marketing managers do for a living but it is good for their shareholders.

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  • Author James Gandolfini
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    Contrary to his fictional role, Robert has consistently impressed me with his respect for others, ... Even if the press reports are accurate, it would be unfortunate if what is at most a momentary lapse in judgment results in a criminal record that could harm Robert's reputation and his opportunity to make a future for himself.

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  • Author Jose Gasset
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    Contrary to the unsophisticated suggestions of melodrama, to rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as of the firm seat

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  • Author Nikolai Gogol
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    Do we ever get what we really want? Do we ever achieve what our powers have ostensibly equipped us for? No: everything works by contraries.

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  • Author John Hughs
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    Contrary to the misleading propaganda many of you have received over the past years, credible and reliable research show vouchers and tuition tax credit programs do nothing to improve public school performance overall, and in fact, often result in a decline in school and student performance.

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  • Author Stephen Harper
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    I am waiting to hear somebody in the Prime Minister's Office put out some information that is contrary to what we're reading in the papers now,

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