Quotes About Contrast

Pete had always been a compulsive organizer, but the man himself was so sociable and friendly that he could seem absentminded at times. Nick was the diametric opposite; his mind was completely organized, but his physical environment was always in chaos.

a redheaded kid with freckles who looked like a stork but threw like a bull

What a contrast, Trump is feisty but flexible. Obama, cool but rigid. But he had no reason to bend. The media already bought into his shtick. His giddy fan base ate up every white-coated lie.

It's no secret that in my books I'm trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can.

It is no secret that Hillary Clinton and I disagree on a number of issues.

I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.

As brilliant as those dark Scandi noir dramas are, not everything has to be shot down a Danish alleyway.

You make a little noise, and you can sell out your local hometown club. But then you drive an hour down the road to the next town, and there might be eight people there.

I've always loved aggressive, hard, noisy, yet melodic bands, and at the same time I've always loved 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell.

I like blending into the background. Its my job. Though I can be quite noisy and direct sometimes.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

When I'm on tour, people see me in one way, but in normal life I doubt people even recognize me.

I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.

I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normally living.

The character of the computer whiz is not one that would normally be associated with me.

China is a heaven compared to North Korea.

I grew up in Northern California - Marin County, Tiburon. And it's interesting. It's a very rich place, but a lot of the affluent people are - they're not as showy. So, like, they might have, like, a Saab or a Volvo. And then here comes my dad from Iran. He buys a Rolls-Royce.

I am drawn to cold, desolate places rather than Hawaii. I actually love Hawaii too, but I tend to go to Iceland or Norway or Northern Japan - northern places for whatever reason. Which aren't necessarily the best places to tour.

I'm not interested in making an album that's just dark and pummelling for an hour, nor am I interested in making a beatless record from start to finish.

If I have a song where I hit some really high notes, I want to try to bring in equivalently low notes somewhere in there.

But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.

Public notice does not necessarily accord with internal fulfilment.

I could rob a bank and no one would notice me, but Rock Hudson! He's a movie star.

Everyone goes To L.A. to be noticed. I went there to be completely invisible.