"It is ourselves we encounter whenever we invent…" — Frank Kermode

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• I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter… — Margaret Atwood
• Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties… — Sai Baba
• As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the… — Antonio Banderas
• The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been… — David Brin
• Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but… — Albert Camus
• Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day. — Nicolas Chamfort
• We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. — Maya Angelou
• There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus… — James E. Faust
• Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as… — Pope John Paul II
• Whatever blocks you encounter, you have learned that there is a way over, around or through them. It is not… — Douglas Smith
• In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept the challenge and… — Unknown Author
• We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God… — Nikolai Berdyaev

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