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It’s so interesting to see this contradiction in this one company [ByteDance] with these two faces. – Duncan Clark	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Does Ron DeSantis get to tell the College Board what the national curriculum should be? That doesn’t seem right, but does the College Board, an unelected body and a not-for-profit, get to tell the people of Florida what goes into a course? That’s the contradiction that everyone’s struggling with. – John Moscatiello	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Where there is no contradiction, there is no conflict. see identification, concepts, relativity, epistemology. – Michael Thais	added by Mike.Thais 1 year ago
New York.Their parents may not even see a contradiction, new York.Their parents believe that there's this competition between the The US and Russia, but why should that affect New York.Their parents daughter's educational plans ? Or where they have their chateaus ? – The US	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Postmaster General DeJoy's plan to spend billions on brand new gas-powered vehicles is in direct contradiction to the stated goals of Congress and the President to eliminate emissions from the federal fleet, if Postmaster General DeJoy won't resign, the Board of Governors has got to fire Postmaster General DeJoy -- now. – Gerry Connolly	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It is a contradiction to say that Joe Manchin must protect the voice of the minority party in the Senate while doing nothing to protect the voices of minority people in the state of Georgia and all across the country. – Raphael Warnock	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The message that they're trying to send to the second graders is exactly the mixed messages that adults are having to deal with, which is we feel unsafe out in the streets now because of the entire ‘defund the police’ movement that has led to less police presence, but now the police are being blamed for it. So it's this contradiction that is basically very manipulative -- and it's so inappropriate for second graders to have to grapple with this. – Elizabeth Shultz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Nothing is more important than ensuring the integrity of our game, tim Peel’s conduct is in direct contradiction to the adherence to that cornerstone principle that we demand of our officials and that our fans, players, coaches and all those associated with our game expect and deserve. – Colin Campbell	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
After all Vice Chairman Anil Ambani's India's richest man, Vice Chairman Anil Ambani has therefore the deepest pockets in this country, i can say without any risk of contradiction that Vice Chairman Anil Ambani has been supported by a favorable political dispensation and a regulatory regime. – Paranjoy Guha Thakurta	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics, we will have equality and in social and economic rights, we will have inequality. We must remove this contradiction or else who suffer from this inequality will blow up the structure. – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar	added by subodhchakranarayan1 3 years ago
I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large. – Charlie Chaplin	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
These clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades. i clearly would remember if we -- that is, if Tara and myself -- had any kind of conversation regarding sexual harassment allegations, let alone something involving Sen. Biden. It would stick in my mind. It would be burned in my mind. – Dennis Toner	Found on CNN 3 years ago
In all my years working for Senator Joe Biden, I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct, period -- not from Ms. Tara Reade, not from anyone. I have absolutely no knowledge or memory of Ms. Reade's accounting of events, which would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager, these clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades. – Marianne Baker	Found on CNN 3 years ago
In all my years working for Senator Biden, I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct, period -- not from Ms. Reade, not from anyone. I have absolutely no knowledge or memory of Ms. Reade's accounting of events, which would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager, these clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades. – Marianne Baker	Found on CNN 3 years ago
In all my years working for Senator Vice President Biden, I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct, period -- not from Ms. Tara Reade, not from anyone. I have absolutely no knowledge or memory of Ms. Reade's accounting of events, which would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager, these clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades. – Marianne Baker	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits. – Thomas Babington Macaulay	added by Normando 4 years ago
Escalation and continuation of violence cannot solve the issues faced by our society now, it will only deepen the conflict, contradiction, splits, and even hatred in society. – Carrie Lam	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Donald Trump has told Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan to go back to their home countries. What a contradiction, yesterday Donald Trump asked them to leave and today Donald Trump asks that they aren't let in. – Muftia Tlaib	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
With regards to international exposure, it's a positive but that may be where the positives end, with Facebook one of the biggest hoarders of personal data on the planet, there's a complete contradiction of what cryptocurrencies are meant to be — no one entity should hold the power, the data or most importantly control user funds. – Richard Dennis	Found on CNN 4 years ago
This persons life is in such a contradiction to the faith that we see no evidence that they are a Christian. – Aaron Wright	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It is the height of contradiction that in the midst of great prosperity across the Golden State, we are also seeing unprecedented increases in homelessness, this data is stunning from the perspective that we had hoped that things would be trending differently, but we will not ignore our realities. – Los Angeles	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Steve King comments about Hurricane Katrina victims are absurd and offensive, and are a complete contradiction to the strength and resilience the people of New Orleans demonstrated to the entire nation in the wake of the total devastation they experienced. – Steve Scalise	Found on CNN 5 years ago
And of all of them, this is the one where I have the most difficulty figuring out where the real contradiction is of moment to the investigation. – Amy Berman Jackson	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
There is always a contradiction between religion and common sense. – Oscar Auliq-Ice	added by Auliq-Ice 5 years ago

It’s so interesting to see this contradiction in this one company [ByteDance] with these two faces.

– Duncan Clark

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Does Ron DeSantis get to tell the College Board what the national curriculum should be? That doesn’t seem right, but does the College Board, an unelected body and a not-for-profit, get to tell the people of Florida what goes into a course? That’s the contradiction that everyone’s struggling with.

– John Moscatiello

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Where there is no contradiction, there is no conflict. see identification, concepts, relativity, epistemology.

– Michael Thais

added by Mike.Thais
1 year ago

New York.Their parents may not even see a contradiction, new York.Their parents believe that there's this competition between the The US and Russia, but why should that affect New York.Their parents daughter's educational plans ? Or where they have their chateaus ?

– The US

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Postmaster General DeJoy's plan to spend billions on brand new gas-powered vehicles is in direct contradiction to the stated goals of Congress and the President to eliminate emissions from the federal fleet, if Postmaster General DeJoy won't resign, the Board of Governors has got to fire Postmaster General DeJoy -- now.

– Gerry Connolly

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is a contradiction to say that Joe Manchin must protect the voice of the minority party in the Senate while doing nothing to protect the voices of minority people in the state of Georgia and all across the country.

– Raphael Warnock

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The message that they're trying to send to the second graders is exactly the mixed messages that adults are having to deal with, which is we feel unsafe out in the streets now because of the entire ‘defund the police’ movement that has led to less police presence, but now the police are being blamed for it. So it's this contradiction that is basically very manipulative -- and it's so inappropriate for second graders to have to grapple with this.

– Elizabeth Shultz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Nothing is more important than ensuring the integrity of our game, tim Peel’s conduct is in direct contradiction to the adherence to that cornerstone principle that we demand of our officials and that our fans, players, coaches and all those associated with our game expect and deserve.

– Colin Campbell

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

After all Vice Chairman Anil Ambani's India's richest man, Vice Chairman Anil Ambani has therefore the deepest pockets in this country, i can say without any risk of contradiction that Vice Chairman Anil Ambani has been supported by a favorable political dispensation and a regulatory regime.

– Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics, we will have equality and in social and economic rights, we will have inequality. We must remove this contradiction or else who suffer from this inequality will blow up the structure.

– Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

added by subodhchakranarayan1
3 years ago

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.

– Charlie Chaplin

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

These clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades. i clearly would remember if we -- that is, if Tara and myself -- had any kind of conversation regarding sexual harassment allegations, let alone something involving Sen. Biden. It would stick in my mind. It would be burned in my mind.

– Dennis Toner

Found on CNN
3 years ago

In all my years working for Senator Joe Biden, I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct, period -- not from Ms. Tara Reade, not from anyone. I have absolutely no knowledge or memory of Ms. Reade's accounting of events, which would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager, these clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades.

– Marianne Baker

Found on CNN
3 years ago

In all my years working for Senator Biden, I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct, period -- not from Ms. Reade, not from anyone. I have absolutely no knowledge or memory of Ms. Reade's accounting of events, which would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager, these clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades.

– Marianne Baker

Found on CNN
3 years ago

In all my years working for Senator Vice President Biden, I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct, period -- not from Ms. Tara Reade, not from anyone. I have absolutely no knowledge or memory of Ms. Reade's accounting of events, which would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager, these clearly false allegations are in complete contradiction to both the inner workings of our Senate office and to the man I know and worked so closely with for almost two decades.

– Marianne Baker

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits.

– Thomas Babington Macaulay

added by Normando
4 years ago

Escalation and continuation of violence cannot solve the issues faced by our society now, it will only deepen the conflict, contradiction, splits, and even hatred in society.

– Carrie Lam

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Donald Trump has told Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan to go back to their home countries. What a contradiction, yesterday Donald Trump asked them to leave and today Donald Trump asks that they aren't let in.

– Muftia Tlaib

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

With regards to international exposure, it's a positive but that may be where the positives end, with Facebook one of the biggest hoarders of personal data on the planet, there's a complete contradiction of what cryptocurrencies are meant to be — no one entity should hold the power, the data or most importantly control user funds.

– Richard Dennis

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This persons life is in such a contradiction to the faith that we see no evidence that they are a Christian.

– Aaron Wright

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It is the height of contradiction that in the midst of great prosperity across the Golden State, we are also seeing unprecedented increases in homelessness, this data is stunning from the perspective that we had hoped that things would be trending differently, but we will not ignore our realities.

– Los Angeles

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Steve King comments about Hurricane Katrina victims are absurd and offensive, and are a complete contradiction to the strength and resilience the people of New Orleans demonstrated to the entire nation in the wake of the total devastation they experienced.

– Steve Scalise

Found on CNN
5 years ago

And of all of them, this is the one where I have the most difficulty figuring out where the real contradiction is of moment to the investigation.

– Amy Berman Jackson

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

There is always a contradiction between religion and common sense.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
5 years ago

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