If his self-recrimination and his pride seem contradictory, that does not surprise him.
If the terms "fashionable" and "football jersey" seem contradictory, that may be because of the way jerseys have been made.
These Egyptians however hold on to an image, however contradictory that might be, of national independence that gives them closure against US myths about equality and the melting pot as well as the racism they experience.
They were so often contradictory that they just sounded funny.
It may seem contradictory that Norway has continued to reject EU membership.
"It's kind of contradictory that people come to film and gape at these gorgeous, blatant examples of advertising.
Everyone knows early intervention is both cost-effective and saves lives, so it's completely contradictory that they are working off this model in this day and age.
"The food security text is so contradictory that there must be an informal understanding among the big players as to what it really means".
Still, these states with strong initiative powers have populist traditions, and lawmakers are loath to mess with the majority sentiment, however contradictory that can seem.
But his message that Greece can stay in the euro and reject Europe's budget-cutting terms has struck a chord, however contradictory that may seem.
Jefferson's character was so multilayered and contradictory that successive generations have identified with and celebrated utterly different aspects of the same man.
