One [paradox] is that pornography follows in that wake of women's liberation. The first instances of hard-core pornography were in late 18th-century… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
But nature - that is, biological evolution - has not fitted man to any specific environment. On the contrary, ... he has… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
“She abandoned me. This was devastating. And the paradox was that the moment she abandoned me, she began to be with me… — Franco Santoro Copy Share Image
Affirmations are like screaming that you're okay in order to overcome this whisper that you're not. That's a big contrast to actually… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When you go into a movie and you're surprised by it - these days with brand recognition being such an important thing… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
“The inconsistencies that haunt our relationships with animals also result from the quirks of human cognition. We like to think of ourselves… — Hal Herzog Copy Share Image
When we begin to love and respect Great Mother Nature's gift to us of gayness, we'll discover that the bondage of our… — Harry Hay Copy Share Image
Each soul which believes it is its own eternal evil will eternally seek its good, but the great paradox is that in… — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures. We can't… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“fifty-six, his hour had come round. He was a paradox and would always remain one, a great tangle of calculated mannerisms and… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Welcome my new paranoia, if you are not my reality, so where the hell is the fucking reality!?!?! To be or not… — Fereidoon Yazdi Copy Share Image
“Achieving operational excellence in categories above and around software is exponentially more difficult to achieve than in software alone. But the rewards… — Stephen O’Grady Copy Share Image
The paradox: there can be no pilgrimage without a destination, but the destination is also not the real point of the endeavor.… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
I am preoccupied with the possibility of creating art which functions in a public situation without compromising its private character of being… — Claes Oldenburg Copy Share Image
Fashion is made up of paradoxes. There was a key moment in fashion. When the Japanese first arrived - Comme des Garçons,… — Ines de La Fressange Copy Share Image
New York city, the incomparable, the brilliant star city of cities, the forty-ninth state, a law unto itself, the Cyclopean Paradox, the… — John Gunther Copy Share Image
“He came face-to-face with the rude paradox fame had dealt him: The secret of his extraordinary art had been his ability to… — C. R. Strahan Copy Share Image
When you're in a room with twenty people who've all got the True Theory of the universe, it's difficult to know what… — Margaret Wertheim Copy Share Image
I'm aware that I'm kind of a paradox, and at times a bit ill-suited to my profession. But there's something that brings… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
“His most famous paradox goes like this. I decide to walk to the ice cream store. Now certainly I can’t get to… — Jordan Ellenberg Copy Share Image
If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity. Instead of being an individual,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
The second [argument about motion] is the so-called Achilles, and it amounts to this, that in a race the quickest runner can… — Zeno of Elea Copy Share Image
“In order for a god to be all-knowing, he must know even the fact of his own omniscience. But can he do… — Roland Puccetti Copy Share Image
And there is also the paradox that the dominating culture imbues the Indian past with great meaning and significance; it is valued… — Linda Hogan Copy Share Image
I do have a very conscious desire not to be academic. I'm antiacademic. I hate jargon. I hate that sort of pretension.… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of… — Hugh Black Copy Share Image
Active management strategies demand uninstitutional behavior from institutions, creating a paradox that few can unravel. Establishing and maintaining an unconventional investment profile… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Art is an affirmation of life, a rebuttal of death. And here we blunder into paradox again, for during the creation of… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“This is the paradox of the power of literature: it seems that only when it is persecuted does it show its true… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“To survive in most arenas of power you must first understand that everyone lies, everyone cheats, and no one is your friend.… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“There is a curious paradox that no one can explain. Who understands the secret of the reaping of the grain? Who understands… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
“It's a bit like staring into another dimension, one that has a different set of mathematical and physical laws. For me, it… — Anna Jarzab Copy Share Image
“Glory: I look around at this world you're so eager to be a part of and all I see is six billion… — Douglas Petrie Copy Share Image
The paradox is that, by children taking shortcuts through computer games, through fantasies, through movies that load on all the emotional stimulation… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
You know, some people say that Cannes is the worst place in the world to see cinema. It's a paradox. They have… — Miguel Gomes Copy Share Image
“It seemed a ruse that fear of death should be the sole motivation for living and, yet, to quell this fear made… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
The great paradox of the civil rights revolution is that instead of enforcing and expanding equality before the law, the revolution created… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
But that is the way of the place: down our many twisting corridors, one encounters story after story, some heroic, some villainous,… — Stephen L. Carter Copy Share Image
We tried to present the ordinary in an extraordinary manner. But that's the paradox because the only thing extraordinary about it was… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
![“One [paradox] is that pornography follows in that wake of women's liberation. The first instances of hard-core pornography were in late 18th-century in France, "the Golden Age of Women." The next wave in the 20th century comes from Sweden, one of the first countries where women voted. Then…” quote by Stephen Marche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/stephen-marche-15665_18th-century_one-paradox-is-that-pornography-follows_2096137.jpg)
![“The second [argument about motion] is the so-called Achilles, and it amounts to this, that in a race the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead. Statement of the Achilles…” quote by Zeno of Elea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/zeno-of-elea-51778_achilles_the-second-argument-about-motion-is-the_1792000.jpg)
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