Quotes About Contrast

I want a house with a garden, but slap bang in the centre of London. Next door to a sushi bar.

People who live in North Korea, they die for food, but living in the free world, the cat even eats expensive sushi.

Ideologists of all kinds find a strange sort of comfort in the madness of the crowd; it confirms them in their suspicion that history, far from being made by the great mass of individuals - as Marx averred - is rather unmade by a single massive individual, a collective Other, who stands in stark contrast to you and he.

I write different kinds of stuff, from 'Two Dollars In The Jukebox' to 'Suspicions,' that really don't belong next to each other on an album.

Only one thing is certain: every time I return to New York from Nashville, I walk down the streets with a silly grin, just smiling at everyone I see and, more often than not, receiving a suspicious glance in return... but honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way, y'all!

People say to me, 'Would you like to swap your life with me for 24 hours? Your life must be very strange.'

Like, I'll wear a bright sweater with pants that are a more classic color.

Sweats and some flip-flops is what you'll get from me, or you'll get some six-inch pumps and a ruffled shirt.

There's something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden. In a way, I feel that time doesn't exist in LA. Sometimes I don't know if it's February or April or October, because you're always sitting outside on the same patio, and it's 70 degrees.

We don't have paparazzi following you in Sweden.

Many people say I smile more in Africa than in Sweden.

England and Denmark have a sense of irony and a darker sense of humour that you don't necessarily find in Germany and Sweden.

My roles for Arsenal and Sweden are very different.

I love 'Forrest Gump;' I like sweet, cheery, happy movies. But it has some dark moments too.

I love the juxtaposition of a sweet little blouse with a motocross look.

I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top.

I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures.

I started out doing things like 'Flash Forward,' where I was the girl-next-door, and then, I did a show called 'Higher Ground,' where I played this really mean, sarcastic girl. Then 'Firefly' happened, and everybody thought of me as this bubbly, sweet girl-next-door again.

As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.

Beyonce in real life is actually quite quiet and very sweet.

Not all roles you do can be chocolate sweet.

I think people perceive me completely differently than how I perceive myself. I see myself as a sweet, cosy, motherly type. We all want people to be more glamorous and daring and adventurous than they actually are.

In Australia, even the darkest subject matter has a little pinch of humor. A little sweet to make the sour go down.

I look like a sweet, corn-fed kid. My roles are my rebellion.