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Whether or not your child appears to be listening to you, let alone taking your advice, they’re taking in everything you say and filing it away for future use, it may be counterintuitive, but if your child pushes back and argues with you, it’s typically because they respect you, value your opinion and want to figure out what you’re thinking and how they can make you proud. – Phyllis Fagell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Without a continually rising G.D.P., we’re told, we risk social instability, declining standards of living and pretty much any hope of progress, but what about the counterintuitive possibility that our current pursuit of growth, rabid as it is and causing such great ecological harm, might be incurring more costs than gains? – David Marchese	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Some of this seems a little bit counterintuitive and I admit to being a little bit wrapped around the axle. – Clarence Thomas	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's counterintuitive, but spending time in bed awake turns the bed into the dentist's chair. – Michael Grandner	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's sort of counterintuitive, you think, in these flood-affected areas, these things should be wiped out. But really, things get wiped out, but they come back very quickly. They can become much more abundant than they were prior to flooding. – Michael Blum	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It seems counterintuitive that in a year where most people were stuck at home, demand for high-value handbags was incredibly strong. – Sasha Skoda	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The numbers dont lie, i earn more from the sale of a necktie than from the sale of a million-franc dress. Its counterintuitive, but the accounts prove it. In the end, its all about the numbers. – Pierre Cardin	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Potential repercussions extend beyond any player seeking a thirst-quencher to his family, teammates, opponents and even the sports ability to continue. Part of the motivation for good behavior might be the same thing that drives most things in baseball wins and losses. The defending NL East champion Braves were rocked at the start of camp by the positive tests. Their setback underscored the new weight of the annual preseason mantra, If we can stay healthy.... I think we all recognize that the team that is hit the least hard by the virus, thats able to keep themselves healthy out there, is going to have the best chance to compete, Houston Astros James Click Click said. For a major leaguer, its counterintuitive : Avoid crowds. Teamwork can help players adopt an appropriately low-key lifestyle. I just make Christian Yelich get me everything, man. – Milwaukee Brewers	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Vinyl is driven by independent record stores and consumers who are into sound quality and tangible, physical products, everything about the technology revolution is counterintuitive to vinyl sales, and yet, it still increases. – David Bakula	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If you're in a position to try and take the gunman down, to take the gunman out, it's the best option for saving lives before police can get there, and that's – you know, that's kind of counterintuitive to what cops always tell people, right ? We always tell people, ‘ Don't, you know, don't take action. Call 911. Don't intervene in the robbery. ’ We've never told people, ‘ Take action. ’ It's a different – this is a different scenario. – Police Cathy Lanier	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
One of the insights I took from this process was that the compliments we so frequently and often unconsciously bestow on girls can actually have a negative effect and even become a source of pain and disempowerment, while counterintuitive, compliments, especially the ones related to physical appearance like 'you're so cute; you're adorable,' were perceived as limiting and oppressive, making girls feel that the expectations on them were focused on their appearance and not on their abilities or what was inside. – Lauren Greenfield	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I can't understand why an agency that helps business, creates jobs, provides opportunities for Americana and helps us compete internationally is something that a certain group of Republicans want to take down, it is totally counterintuitive from anything I've ever seen from an elected official who counts on the votes of folks who want those opportunities and jobs at home. – Jay Timmons	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I know it sounds counterintuitive, but talk about your goals instead, something simple, like wanting to go on vacation next year. – Elle Martinez	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Lay people tend to think of people with mental illness as extremely dangerous, and that also influences jurors, especially if someone has killed someone, usually there's evidence of intent and planning that seems to be counterintuitive to the lay view of mental illness. – Christopher Slobogin	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is counterintuitive, but the truth is that notwithstanding the threat of ISIL, notwithstanding people being beheaded publicly and burned publicly and the atrocities that they are perpetrating. And it is a serious, serious challenge to us, notwithstanding that, there is actually less threat and less probability of people dying in some sort of violent conflict today than at any time in human history. – State John Kerry	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Counterintuitive as it may seem, you can actually function fairly well with just one half of the brain, so in Lillian Grace case in particular, we felt very comfortable disconnecting the right side of the brain from the nervous system. – Michael Quatch	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

Whether or not your child appears to be listening to you, let alone taking your advice, they’re taking in everything you say and filing it away for future use, it may be counterintuitive, but if your child pushes back and argues with you, it’s typically because they respect you, value your opinion and want to figure out what you’re thinking and how they can make you proud.

– Phyllis Fagell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Without a continually rising G.D.P., we’re told, we risk social instability, declining standards of living and pretty much any hope of progress, but what about the counterintuitive possibility that our current pursuit of growth, rabid as it is and causing such great ecological harm, might be incurring more costs than gains?

– David Marchese

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Some of this seems a little bit counterintuitive and I admit to being a little bit wrapped around the axle.

– Clarence Thomas

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's counterintuitive, but spending time in bed awake turns the bed into the dentist's chair.

– Michael Grandner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's sort of counterintuitive, you think, in these flood-affected areas, these things should be wiped out. But really, things get wiped out, but they come back very quickly. They can become much more abundant than they were prior to flooding.

– Michael Blum

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It seems counterintuitive that in a year where most people were stuck at home, demand for high-value handbags was incredibly strong.

– Sasha Skoda

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The numbers dont lie, i earn more from the sale of a necktie than from the sale of a million-franc dress. Its counterintuitive, but the accounts prove it. In the end, its all about the numbers.

– Pierre Cardin

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Potential repercussions extend beyond any player seeking a thirst-quencher to his family, teammates, opponents and even the sports ability to continue. Part of the motivation for good behavior might be the same thing that drives most things in baseball wins and losses. The defending NL East champion Braves were rocked at the start of camp by the positive tests. Their setback underscored the new weight of the annual preseason mantra, If we can stay healthy.... I think we all recognize that the team that is hit the least hard by the virus, thats able to keep themselves healthy out there, is going to have the best chance to compete, Houston Astros James Click Click said. For a major leaguer, its counterintuitive : Avoid crowds. Teamwork can help players adopt an appropriately low-key lifestyle. I just make Christian Yelich get me everything, man.

– Milwaukee Brewers

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Vinyl is driven by independent record stores and consumers who are into sound quality and tangible, physical products, everything about the technology revolution is counterintuitive to vinyl sales, and yet, it still increases.

– David Bakula

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If you're in a position to try and take the gunman down, to take the gunman out, it's the best option for saving lives before police can get there, and that's – you know, that's kind of counterintuitive to what cops always tell people, right ? We always tell people, ‘ Don't, you know, don't take action. Call 911. Don't intervene in the robbery. ’ We've never told people, ‘ Take action. ’ It's a different – this is a different scenario.

– Police Cathy Lanier

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

One of the insights I took from this process was that the compliments we so frequently and often unconsciously bestow on girls can actually have a negative effect and even become a source of pain and disempowerment, while counterintuitive, compliments, especially the ones related to physical appearance like 'you're so cute; you're adorable,' were perceived as limiting and oppressive, making girls feel that the expectations on them were focused on their appearance and not on their abilities or what was inside.

– Lauren Greenfield

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I can't understand why an agency that helps business, creates jobs, provides opportunities for Americana and helps us compete internationally is something that a certain group of Republicans want to take down, it is totally counterintuitive from anything I've ever seen from an elected official who counts on the votes of folks who want those opportunities and jobs at home.

– Jay Timmons

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I know it sounds counterintuitive, but talk about your goals instead, something simple, like wanting to go on vacation next year.

– Elle Martinez

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Lay people tend to think of people with mental illness as extremely dangerous, and that also influences jurors, especially if someone has killed someone, usually there's evidence of intent and planning that seems to be counterintuitive to the lay view of mental illness.

– Christopher Slobogin

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is counterintuitive, but the truth is that notwithstanding the threat of ISIL, notwithstanding people being beheaded publicly and burned publicly and the atrocities that they are perpetrating. And it is a serious, serious challenge to us, notwithstanding that, there is actually less threat and less probability of people dying in some sort of violent conflict today than at any time in human history.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Counterintuitive as it may seem, you can actually function fairly well with just one half of the brain, so in Lillian Grace case in particular, we felt very comfortable disconnecting the right side of the brain from the nervous system.

– Michael Quatch

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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