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Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.
Vaclav Havel
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I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of being away from home for any serious length of time is so inconceivable to me.
Zadie Smith
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Lead levels exceeding federal thresholds pose a serious public health threat, particularly for more vulnerable populations.
Elizabeth Esty
We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.
Angela Merkel
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There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.
Phil Ochs
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.


Oliver Goldsmith
At home in Devon, my wife Jessica does a huge proportion of the cooking - I do the basics. My timing is extremely good, particularly when it comes to vegetables, perhaps because in my work, timing is everything. I know exactly what fits into a minute when broadcasting, and I apply the same to carrots.
Jonathan Dimbleby
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If we're gonna win, we have to play up to and beyond our potential. We're capable of doing that.


Don Nelson
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If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.
Larry Wall
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Everyone who's serious about what they're doing must be in constant motion forward.


Ed O'Brien
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Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.


Julio Cortazar
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I'm worried about doing my best, playing to my potential, helping out my teammates, and trying to win games for the Giants.
Eli Manning
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We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.
Robert Trout
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Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.


John Malkovich
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Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
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All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.


Martin Buber
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Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.


Sean Connery
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Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or mystical, the things which remain mysterious or unexplained have always drawn me to include them in any scheme for a novel.
Rose Tremain
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I'm dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.


Garry Shandling
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When I'm doing a drama, I wish I was doing something funny. When I'm doing something funny, I wish I was doing something more serious. I think it's just human nature.
Alan Ruck