Apparent Quotes

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I believed in belief, for its own shining sake. To believe in the face of utter hopelessness, every article of evidence to the contrary, to… — Lance Armstrong
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise. — Richard Dawkins
I think it must be apparent to every thinking mind that the noblest of all professions is that of teaching, and that upon the effectiveness… — David O. McKay
When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs you do, you can relax and use more normal means of talking to it;… — Flannery O'Connor
All rivers run full to the sea; those who are apart are brought together; the lost ones are redeemed; the dead come back to life;… — Mark Helprin
I've begun worshipping the sun for a number of reasons. First of all, unlike some other gods I could mention, I can see the sun.… — George Carlin
if you pursue the truth far enough you always wind up in the land of paradox. You reach a point where the apparent truth divides… — Susan Howatch
MDMA, it was beginning to be apparent, could be all things to all people. — Alexander Shulgin
Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by… — Brent Weeks
It is photography itself that creates the illusion of innocence. Its ironies of frozen narrative lend to its subjects an apparent unawareness that they will… — Ian Mcewan
Madame Bellwings, Memoir Elf Coordinator, was not at all pleased with this request, because elves who write the memoirs of teenage girls have the habit… — Janette Rallison
Sometimes by a woodland stream he watched the water rush over the pebbled bed, its tiny modulations of bounce and flow. A woman's body was… — Salman Rushdie
It was because a great-looking man with no apparent mental defects found her attractive. Imagine feeling so buoyant over something so juvenile. — Maggie Shayne
Why does anyone stay in an unhappy relationship? Because people do. They do it all the time. And the truth is, when youâ€™re in it,… — Sarah Dunn
Ghastly," continued Marvin, "it all is. Absolutely ghastly. Just don't even talk about it. Look at this door," he said, stepping through it. The irony… — Douglas Adams
Grace was one of those types who never changed but only aged and had no apparent expectations or ambitions other than the wish that her… — Candace Bushnell
The point is... to live one's life in the full complexity of what one is, which is something much darker, more contradictory, more of a… — Thomas Nagel
I told myself: 'I am surrounded by unknown things.' I imagined man without ears, suspecting the existence of sound as we suspect so many hidden… — Guy de Maupassant
All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue. — Franz Kafka
Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill… — Richard Dawkins

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