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title: "Famous Paradox Thoughts"
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> [I do my own thing. I'm very much in the paradox of things. I enjoy the little things in life, what's big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katerina-graham/i-do-my-own-thing-i-m-very-much-in-the-paradox-of-things-i-enjoy-the/)

[Katerina Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katerina-graham/)

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> [I don't really read 'business books,' and I didn't think 'The Paradox of Choice' was a business book. I'm very surprised and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-schwartz/i-don-t-really-read-business-books-and-i-didn-t-think-the-paradox-of/)

[Barry Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-schwartz/)

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> [“Paradox though it may seem - and paradoxes are always dangerous things - it is none the less true that Life imitates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/paradox-though-it-may-seem-and-paradoxes-are-always-dangerous-things/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [“Know then, proud man, what a paradox you are to yourself. Be humble, impotent reason! Be silent, feeble nature! Learn that man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/know-then-proud-man-what-a-paradox-you-are-to-yourself-be-humble/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [The paradox of acceptance: When our mind becomes less attached and dependent on things being a certain way our happiness in life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-l-jampolsky/the-paradox-of-acceptance-when-our-mind-becomes-less-attached-and/)

[Lee L Jampolsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-l-jampolsky/)

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> [“What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the sphere of passion. Desire, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/what-the-paradox-was-to-me-in-the-sphere-of-thought-perversity-became/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [People who express themselves in paradoxes are in a strong position; and the more outrageous the paradox, in general the stronger the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-williams/people-who-express-themselves-in-paradoxes-are-in-a-strong-position/)

[Bernard Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-williams/)

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> [Thanks to the discoveries of astronomers in the twentieth century, we now know that the heat death is a myth. The heat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/freeman-dyson/thanks-to-the-discoveries-of-astronomers-in-the-twentieth-century-we/)

[Freeman Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/freeman-dyson/)

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> [“I'm no one... I don't want to be anyone. I stepped into singularity to exist within a void. I'm no one... However,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-suggs/i-m-no-one-i-don-t-want-to-be-anyone-i-stepped-into-singularity-to/)

[Lionel Suggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-suggs/)

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> [Love is a gift, a miracle, a mystery. You are led to its threshold by your affinities, by your inclinations, and by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenda-green/love-is-a-gift-a-miracle-a-mystery-you-are-led-to-its-threshold-by/)

[Glenda Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenda-green/)

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> [It is a certainty that Keegan would not have agreed to return unless Mike Ashley had committed to sanctioning a mammoth spending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-gill/it-is-a-certainty-that-keegan-would-not-have-agreed-to-return-unless/)

[Pete Gill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-gill/)

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> [The further on we go, the more meaning there is, but the less articulable. You live your life and the older you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/the-further-on-we-go-the-more-meaning-there-is-but-the-less/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [Only when you lift a burden, God will lift your burden. Divine paradox this! The man who staggers and falls because his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-w-kimball/only-when-you-lift-a-burden-god-will-lift-your-burden-divine-paradox/)

[Spencer W. Kimball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-w-kimball/)

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> [“The fraudulence paradox was that the more time and effort you put into trying to appear impressive or attractive to other people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/the-fraudulence-paradox-was-that-the-more-time-and-effort-you-put/)

[David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/)

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> [The basic paradox about sex is that it always seems to be offering more than it can deliver. A glimpse of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/the-basic-paradox-about-sex-is-that-it-always-seems-to-be-offering/)

[Colin Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-wilson/)

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> [“We show our surprise at this by speaking of something called the “French paradox,” for how could a people who eat such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/we-show-our-surprise-at-this-by-speaking-of-something-called-the/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

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> [This is one of the great paradoxes of suffering. Those who don't suffer much think suffering should keep people from God, while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-alcorn/this-is-one-of-the-great-paradoxes-of-suffering-those-who-don-t/)

[Randy Alcorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-alcorn/)

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> [Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is based on the idea of approximation. If a man tells you he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/although-this-may-seem-a-paradox-all-exact-science-is-based-on-the/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [This Force, by troth, I'll never comprehend! It doth control and also doth obey? And 'tis within and yet it is beyond,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-doescher/this-force-by-troth-i-ll-never-comprehend-it-doth-control-and-also/)

[Ian Doescher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-doescher/)

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> [In reality, both religion and science are expressions of man's uncertainty. Perhaps the paradox is that certainty, whether it be in science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/in-reality-both-religion-and-science-are-expressions-of-man-s/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

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> [Erotic acts are instinctive; they fulfill a role in nature. The idea is familiar, but it is one that contains a paradox:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavio-paz/erotic-acts-are-instinctive-they-fulfill-a-role-in-nature-the-idea-is/)

[Octavio Paz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavio-paz/)

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> [I don't believe in objectivity. I observe the observer's paradox every moment I'm filming. Your presence is changing everything; there's no mistaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-walker/i-don-t-believe-in-objectivity-i-observe-the-observer-s-paradox-every/)

[Lucy Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-walker/)

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> [There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income and strive for it. Yet as Western…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-layard-baron-layard/there-is-a-paradox-at-the-heart-of-our-lives-most-people-want-more/)

[Richard Layard, Baron Layard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-layard-baron-layard/)

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> [“The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pressfield/the-paradox-seems-to-be-as-socrates-demonstrated-long-ago-that-the/)

[Steven Pressfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pressfield/)

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> [There is, in fact, a paradox about working to serve the community, and it is this: that to aim directly at serving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/there-is-in-fact-a-paradox-about-working-to-serve-the-community-and/)

[Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/)

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> [To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul's paradox of love, scorned indeed by the too-easily-satisfied religionist, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-have-found-god-and-still-to-pursue-him-is-the-soul-s-paradox-of/)

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

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> [Our family has made its livelihood from the land, digging trenches for hundreds of miles cross-country. You could say this is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/our-family-has-made-its-livelihood-from-the-land-digging-trenches-for/)

[Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/)

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> [“Modern literature is a north-east wind--a blight of the human soul. I take credit to myself for having helped to make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-love-peacock/modern-literature-is-a-north-east-wind-a-blight-of-the-human-soul-i/)

[Thomas Love Peacock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-love-peacock/)

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> [And that was all the part of it - the way you were obliged to live. You stifled a groan, you lied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/and-that-was-all-the-part-of-it-the-way-you-were-obliged-to-live-you/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

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> [That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-mattea/that-s-the-great-paradox-of-living-on-this-earth-that-in-the-midst-of/)

[Kathy Mattea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-mattea/)

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> [It is a tragic paradox that the very qualities that have led to man's extraordinary capacity for success are also those most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-storr/it-is-a-tragic-paradox-that-the-very-qualities-that-have-led-to-man-s/)

[Anthony Storr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-storr/)

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> [When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-willkie/when-we-talk-of-freedom-and-opportunity-for-all-nations-the-mocking/)

[Wendell Willkie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-willkie/)

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> [A paradox: the same century invented history and photography. But history is a memory fabricated according to positive formulas, a pure intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-barthes/a-paradox-the-same-century-invented-history-and-photography-but/)

[Roland Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-barthes/)

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> [“So I shut up and hold out a one-pound note, but he throws it on the ground, snatches back both pieces of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/basma-abdel-aziz/so-i-shut-up-and-hold-out-a-one-pound-note-but-he-throws-it-on-the/)

[Basma Abdel Aziz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/basma-abdel-aziz/)

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> [It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/it-is-a-paradox-that-every-dictator-has-climbed-to-power-on-the/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

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> ['m really proud of 'Sad, Sad World' because it manages to state a very complex paradox of an emotion that I experienced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-cullum/m-really-proud-of-sad-sad-world-because-it-manages-to-state-a-very/)

[Jamie Cullum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-cullum/)

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> [There's Jevon's paradox that the better we get at efficiently using energy the more energy we use; so that and that machine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-stanley-robinson/there-s-jevon-s-paradox-that-the-better-we-get-at-efficiently-using/)

[Kim Stanley Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-stanley-robinson/)

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> [“As Carl Rogers, one of the founders of humanistic psychology, once noted: “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/as-carl-rogers-one-of-the-founders-of-humanistic-psychology-once/)

[William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/)

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> [One of the striking things about doing research on Malcolm X, and I believe that most Malcolm X researchers could tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manning-marable/one-of-the-striking-things-about-doing-research-on-malcolm-x-and-i/)

[Manning Marable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manning-marable/)

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> [I like the idea of paradox, between the authentic fabrics and sophisticated shapes and between masculine and feminine. I'm not so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hedi-slimane/i-like-the-idea-of-paradox-between-the-authentic-fabrics-and/)

[Hedi Slimane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hedi-slimane/)

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                        "text": "Thanks to the discoveries of astronomers in the twentieth century, we now know that the heat death is a myth. The heat death can never happen, and there is no paradox.",
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                        "text": "“I'm no one... I don't want to be anyone. I stepped into singularity to exist within a void. I'm no one... However, I am becoming... Imagination. I am grabbing conception, and leaving humanity behind. Humans have lost their sight, and individuality makes people blind to the truth. It makes people believe that anything is possible. Only nothing is possible. But then again, my words are the words of no one.”",
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                        "text": "Love is a gift, a miracle, a mystery. You are led to its threshold by your affinities, by your inclinations, and by the yearnings of your heart, although its power and presentation is by grace, not by expectation, demand, or requirement. Love is the ultimate paradox, for it is the lamb that is also the lion. Love is the ultimate power, which resides in surrender.",
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                        "text": "Only when you lift a burden, God will lift your burden. Divine paradox this! The man who staggers and falls because his burden is too great can lighten that burden by taking on the weight of another's burden. You get by giving, but your part of giving must be given first.",
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                        "text": "“The fraudulence paradox was that the more time and effort you put into trying to appear impressive or attractive to other people, the less impressive or attractive you felt inside — you were a fraud. And the more of a fraud you felt like, the harder you tried to convey an impressive or likable image of yourself so that other people wouldn’t find out what a hollow, fraudulent person you really were. Logically, you would think that the moment a supposedly intelligent nineteen-year-old became aware of this paradox, he’d stop being a fraud and just settle for being himself (whatever that was) because he’d figured out that being a fraud was a vicious infinite regress that ultimately resulted in being frightened, lonely, alienated, etc. But here was the other, higher-order paradox, which didn’t even have a form or name — I didn’t, I couldn’t.”",
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