If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.
If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell.
It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive.
I'm not going to force your participation in a conversation, I'm going to say I can be an example that these things can exist and don't have to be mutually exclusive. Like being a queer artist and being a Christian. Those things don't have to be mutually exclusive and I'm just going to be honest about them so that you know.
Discipline and freedom are not mutually exclusive but mutually dependent because otherwise, you'd sink into chaos.
Confidentiality and transparency are not mutually exclusive, but rather two sides of the same coin.
By employing the intelligence of natural systems we can create industry, buildings, even regional plans that see nature and commerce not as mutually exclusive but mutually coexisting.
It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.
Beijing is trying to split the baby between simultaneously liberalizing the economy and maintaining economic stability, but those two factors are increasingly mutually exclusive.
The choice between two of something is not a choice at all, but rather the opportunity to subscribe to the value system which holds the two presented choices as mutually exclusive alternatives.
Worship and worry cannot live in the same heart: they are mutually exclusive.
When I was pregnant during my time in Parliament, I was frequently asked by the media how I would manage being an MP and a mum, as if the two are somehow mutually exclusive.
Military intelligence is a meaningless phrase because the two words are mutually exclusive.
Anyone who loves football can also be involved in music; the two aren't mutually exclusive.
You can have a good time and kick some butt - they're not mutually exclusive.
It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive.
You can be both progressive and want to get things done - they're not mutually exclusive and that's what I bring.