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title: "Famous Paradox Quotations"
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> [I'm into paradoxes. I wanted to make an album about them, but the group told me I was a pretentious fart. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-may/i-m-into-paradoxes-i-wanted-to-make-an-album-about-them-but-the-group/)

[Brian May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-may/)

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> [New Orleans is a city of paradox. Sin, salvation, sex, sanctification, so intertwined yet so separate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-connick-jr/new-orleans-is-a-city-of-paradox-sin-salvation-sex-sanctification-so/)

[Harry Connick, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-connick-jr/)

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> [My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-haddon/my-book-has-a-very-simple-surface-but-there-are-layers-of-irony-and/)

[Mark Haddon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-haddon/)

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> [“The Elegance Paradox is this: to create elegance requires entirely inelegant preparation, but nobody should be able to see that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-ward/the-elegance-paradox-is-this-to-create-elegance-requires-entirely/)

[Dan Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-ward/)

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> [The great paradox is that our lack of faith in love and miracles is what blocks us from receiving love and miracles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-bernstein/the-great-paradox-is-that-our-lack-of-faith-in-love-and-miracles-is/)

[Gabrielle Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-bernstein/)

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> [“the paradox is that God must destroy in us, all illusions of righteousness before he can make us righteous”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-paradox-is-that-god-must-destroy-in-us-all-illusions-of/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-page/there-s-obviously-a-lot-of-tragedy-in-comedy-i-really-enjoy-the/)

[Ellen Page](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-page/)

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> [The central paradox and challenge of marriage is that we have to make family out of someone we're not related to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-stout/the-central-paradox-and-challenge-of-marriage-is-that-we-have-to-make/)

[Ruth Stout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-stout/)

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> [Did you ever find that there is room between the two opposing rules of a paradox? That space between two almost opposite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mu-xin/did-you-ever-find-that-there-is-room-between-the-two-opposing-rules/)

[Mu Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mu-xin/)

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> [Now I existed solely thanks to the quantum paradox, my brain a collection of qubits in quantum superposition, encoding truths and memories,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-wasserman/now-i-existed-solely-thanks-to-the-quantum-paradox-my-brain-a/)

[Robin Wasserman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-wasserman/)

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> [The paradox is that by the time you get to be senior, the decisions that matter the most are the ones that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth/the-paradox-is-that-by-the-time-you-get-to-be-senior-the-decisions/)

[Seth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth/)

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> [“A clear Brunian ‘coincidence of contraries’ has surfaced again, for to be happy when miserable translates Bruno’s paradoxical motto which preceded his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finn-fordham/a-clear-brunian-coincidence-of-contraries-has-surfaced-again-for-to/)

[Finn Fordham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finn-fordham/)

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> [He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-henderson/he-would-see-civilization-in-danger-of-perishing-under-the-oppression/)

[Arthur Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-henderson/)

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> [“Can you grasp your right fist with your right hand? Obviously not -- your hand can't grasp itself. But there's another, less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-fabi/can-you-grasp-your-right-fist-with-your-right-hand-obviously-not-your/)

[Mark Fabi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-fabi/)

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> [I had always been troubled by the liberal paradox of wanting everyone to be treated the same, while at the same time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herring/i-had-always-been-troubled-by-the-liberal-paradox-of-wanting-everyone/)

[Richard Herring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-herring/)

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> [The paradox of publicity is that even as we do it, we know it's killing off the chance of another reader happening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/the-paradox-of-publicity-is-that-even-as-we-do-it-we-know-it-s/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-cook/there-is-a-connection-waiting-to-be-made-between-the-decline-in/)

[Robin Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-cook/)

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> [I wanted to feel like I could extend someone else's joy and not crush it, and that is the giant paradox nowadays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-palmer/i-wanted-to-feel-like-i-could-extend-someone-else-s-joy-and-not-crush/)

[Amanda Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-palmer/)

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> [“Moravec’s paradox, nicely summarized by Wikipedia as “the discovery by artificial intelligence and robotics researchers that, contrary to traditional assumptions, high-level reasoning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/moravec-s-paradox-nicely-summarized-by-wikipedia-as-the-discovery-by/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I am really interested in who owns ideas of religion. What if I say I'm a libertarian, socialist, Occupy-supporting, anti-war, Christian? Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-montgomery/i-am-really-interested-in-who-owns-ideas-of-religion-what-if-i-say-i/)

[Robert Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-montgomery/)

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> [In a branch of medicine rife with paradoxes, contradictions, inconsistencies, and illogic, episiotomy crowns them all. The major argument for episiotomy is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henci-goer/in-a-branch-of-medicine-rife-with-paradoxes-contradictions/)

[Henci Goer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henci-goer/)

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> [Science starts with preconception, with the common culture, and with common sense. It moves on to observation, is marked by the discovery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-robert-oppenheimer/science-starts-with-preconception-with-the-common-culture-and-with/)

[J. Robert Oppenheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-robert-oppenheimer/)

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> [Oh my God, does art engender humanity? It awakens your humanity. But humanity has nothing to do with political theory. Political theory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/oh-my-god-does-art-engender-humanity-it-awakens-your-humanity-but/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

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> [A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/a-good-aphorism-is-too-hard-for-the-tooth-of-time-and-is-not-worn-2/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [Indeed, the great paradox of the writer's life is how much time he spends alone trying to connect with other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betsy-lerner/indeed-the-great-paradox-of-the-writer-s-life-is-how-much-time-he/)

[Betsy Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betsy-lerner/)

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> [Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/don-t-believe-anything-you-read-on-the-net-except-this-well-including/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

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> [The paradox is that when resistance is fully accepted, the resistance disappears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/the-paradox-is-that-when-resistance-is-fully-accepted-the-resistance/)

[Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/)

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> [“Beauty is a paradox, every joy must taste of pain, every goodness bears a wound, every faded memory stains the mind”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poeticmusings/beauty-is-a-paradox-every-joy-must-taste-of-pain-every-goodness-bears/)

[Poeticmusings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poeticmusings/)

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> [“Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the fear of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/men-have-two-greatest-fears-the-first-fear-is-the-fear-of-being/)

[C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/)

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> [Sex is logically impossible after marriage. You have to overcome the paradox of Not this again, and Hey, where did you learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emo-philips/sex-is-logically-impossible-after-marriage-you-have-to-overcome-the/)

[Emo Philips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emo-philips/)

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> [The best paradoxes raise questions about what kinds of contradictions can occur-what species of impossibilities are possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/the-best-paradoxes-raise-questions-about-what-kinds-of-contradictions/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

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> [The paradox of innovation is that it is accepted as an innovation when it has become imitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piero-scaruffi/the-paradox-of-innovation-is-that-it-is-accepted-as-an-innovation/)

[Piero Scaruffi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piero-scaruffi/)

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> [The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-warren/the-most-tragic-paradox-of-our-time-is-to-be-found-in-the-failure-of/)

[Earl Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-warren/)

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> [We are on a journey of becoming that which we already are. That is the impossible paradox of our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-jacobson/we-are-on-a-journey-of-becoming-that-which-we-already-are-that-is-the/)

[Leonard Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-jacobson/)

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> [The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-paradox-of-courage-is-that-a-man-must-be-a-little-careless-of-his/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“As it has been well expressed in the paradox of Poe, wisdom should reckon on the unforeseen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/as-it-has-been-well-expressed-in-the-paradox-of-poe-wisdom-should/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [The measure of your enlightenment is the degree to which you are comfortable with paradox, contradiction, and ambiguity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/the-measure-of-your-enlightenment-is-the-degree-to-which-you-are/)

[Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/)

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> [You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/you-undergo-too-strict-a-paradox-striving-to-make-an-ugly-deed-look/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [This is a paradox of man: compared to God, man is nothing; yet we are everything to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-f-uchtdorf/this-is-a-paradox-of-man-compared-to-god-man-is-nothing-yet-we-are/)

[Dieter F. Uchtdorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-f-uchtdorf/)

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> [Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/life-is-a-preparation-for-the-future-and-the-best-preparation-for-the/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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                        "text": "Sex is logically impossible after marriage. You have to overcome the paradox of Not this again, and Hey, where did you learn that?",
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