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The greatest and most important problems of life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown. This 'outgrowing',… — Carl Jung
When a child makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a certain goal, we must avoid any word or action which indicates that we consider… — Rudolf Dreikurs
Much of what we call emotion is nothing more or less than a certain kind - a biased, prejudiced, or strongly evaluative kind - of… — Albert Ellis
Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus. — Joan Didion
Sentences in which I have tried for a certain light tone -- many of those have to do with events, upheavals, destructions that caused me… — Elizabeth Hardwick
How certain human beings are able to create works of art is a mystery, and why they should wish to do so, at a great… — Elizabeth Hardwick
Body', 'soul', and 'spirit' may designate phenomenal domains which can be detached as themes for definite investigations; within certain limits their ontological indefiniteness may not… — Martin Heidegger
Occasionally, the whole class struggle may be summed up in the struggle for one word against another word. Certain words struggle amongst themselves as enemies.… — Louis Althusser
It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish. — Jean-Paul Sartre
And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors,… — Thucydides
Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The Window is not without a certain visual spell that makes it a first-rate artistic achievement. — Andrew Sarris
The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris… — George H. W. Bush
People are born with certain faces, like my father was born with a face that people want to hit. — Thom Yorke
I'm still not certain on the nature of the spork, whether it is a fork and a spoon, or a fork and a knife mixed… — Thom Yorke
It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you… — Arthur Miller
It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind, — Eugene Ionesco
Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money. — Neil Simon
Designing is not a profession but an attitude. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way,… — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge. — Bridget Riley

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