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Certain Quotes by Douglas Hofstadter
- Perhaps the problem is the seeming need that people have of making black-and-white cutoffs when it comes to certain mysterious phenomena, such as life and…
- For 13 to be unlucky would require there to be some kind of cosmic intelligence that counts things that humans count and that also makes…
- What is an "I", and why are such things found (at least so far) only in association with, as poet Russell Edson once wonderfully phrased…
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- Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. — Richard Bach
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- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell
- You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. — Margaret Atwood
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