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• One of the symptoms of a declining social order is that its members have to give most of their time to politics, rather than to the real tasks of economic production, in an attempt to patch up the cracks already appearing from the 'inner contradictions' of such a system.

  Bernard Crick

  Real, Order, Giving

  Bernard Crick (1954). “In defence of politics”, p.89, Bernard Crick

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• Contradictions of perspective. Contrasts of light. Contrasts of form. Points of view impossible to achieve in drawing and painting. Foreshortenings with a strong distortion of the objects, with a crude handling of matter. Moments altogether new, never seen before compositions whose boldness outstrips the imagination of painters Then the creation of those instants which do not exist, contrived by means of photomontage. The negative transmits altogether new stimuli to the sentient mind and eye.

  Alexander Rodchenko

  Strong, Eye, Mean

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• There is no contradiction between true religion and science

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Science And Religion, True Religion

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• Christianity is an old metaphysical fiction, stuffed with fables, contradictions and absurdities: it was spawned in the fevered imagination of the Orientals, and then spread to our Europe, where some fanatics espoused it, where some intriguers pretended to be convinced by it and where some imbeciles actually believed it.

  Frederick The Great

  Europe, Imagination, Fiction

  Attributed to Frederick II of Prussia in "Civilization: The West and the Rest", Book by Niall Ferguson, 2011.

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• It is absolutely without contradiction that when women are encouraged to participate in the formal economies of their societies, the economy grows.

  Hillary Clinton

  Economy, Formal, Grows

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• We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them.

  William Blake

  Rise Above, Resolve

  "Thoughts in Solitude". Book by Thomas Merton, 1958.

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• I’m a feminist so I believe in inhabiting contradictions. I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other side. As opposed to choosing either or, choosing both.

  Angela Davis

  Believe, Feminist, Sides

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• There is a new science of complexity which says that the link between cause and effect is increasingly difficult to trace; that change (planned or otherwise) unfolds in non-linear ways; that paradoxes and contradictions abound; and that creative solutions arise out of diversity, uncertainty and chaos.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Creativity, Science, Diversity

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• Drama is exposure; it is confrontation; it is contradiction and it leads to analysis, construction, recognition and eventually to an awakening of understanding.

  Peter Brook

  Drama, Understanding, Theatre

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• There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who "love Nature" while deploring the "artificialities" with which "Man has spoiled Nature.'" The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of "Nature" : but beavers and their dams are.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Funny, Lying, Animal

  Time Enough for Love "Intermission" (1973)

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• There seems to be a contradiction in the fact that there's more music around and more channels or downloading music or more channels on TV, and yet at the same time, in some ways it doesn't seem to be as vital as it once was. It seems to be just another entertainment option or lifestyle enhancement aid or something.

  Jarvis Cocker

  Way, Enhancement, Facts

  Interview with Scott Plagenhoef, pitchfork.com. April 2, 2007.

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• My personal definition of rock'n'roll is people attempting to do something that's beyond their ability to do it well. And whatever the outward contradictions, I do call us a rock'n'roll band.

  David First

  Rocks, People, Band

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• There were a lot of contradictions between Marcello's[ Mastroianni] public persona and who he was in private.
  The fact that Italy chose to incarnate him as a model of beauty stupefied him.

  Giovanna Cau

  Facts, Persona, Models

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The contradiction is this: man rejects the world as it is, without accepting the necessity of escaping it. In fact, men cling to the world and by far the majority do not want to abandon it.

  Albert Camus

  Men, Escaping, Majority

  "The Rebel". Book by Albert Camus, 1951.

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• I often told the fanatics of realism that there is no such thing as realism in art: it only exists in the mind of the observer. Art is a symbol, a thing conjuring up reality in our mental image. That is why I don't see any contradiction between abstract and figurative art either.

  Antoni Tapies

  Art, Reality, Mind

  "Tàpies, Werke auf Papier 1943 - 2003" by Antoni Tapies, Kunsthalle Emden, edited by Achim Sommer, Altana, (p. 25), 2004.

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• If you write interesting roles, you get interesting people to play them. If you write roles that are full of nuance and contradiction and have interesting dialog, actors are drawn to that.

  Paul Schrader

  Writing, Play, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Happiness has to be installed in each person as a state of affairs completely cut off from the process that brought it about and, in particular, from the real situation. Man has to be affected with happiness. It is a tonality given to him. Contradiction: if one does take care to give him happiness, it is because he is a free creature--but in order to give it to him, one turns him into an object.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Real, Cutting, Men

  Jean-Paul Sartre (1992). “Notebooks for an Ethics”, p.202, University of Chicago Press

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• In a branch of medicine rife with paradoxes, contradictions, inconsistencies, and illogic, episiotomy crowns them all. The major argument for episiotomy is that it protects the perineum from injury, a protection accomplished by slicing through perineal skin, connective, tissue, and muscle.

  Henci Goer

  Medicine, Skins, Crowns

  Henci Goer (1995). “Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities: A Guide to the Medical Literature”, p.276, Greenwood Publishing Group

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• I know very well that one must fight, for one is often in contradiction to the spirit of the age.

  Auguste Rodin

  Fighting, Age, Spirit

  "Rodin freed human spirit". The Des Moines Register, January 7, 2007.

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• I never perceived a contradiction in the political revolutionary field between the ideas I maintained and the idea of that symbol, that extraordinary figure who had been so familiar to me since I began to reason.

  Fidel Castro

  Ideas, Political, Fields

  "Fidel & Religion: Conversations with Frei Betto on Marxism & Liberation Theology". Book by Fidel Castro and‎ Frei Betto, 1985.

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• A fundamental contradiction does not exist between socialism and a market economy.

  Deng Xiaoping

  Doe, Fundamentals, Socialism

  1985 Address to US businessmen organized by Time magazine, 18 Dec.

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• Contradictions if well understood and managed can spark off the fires of invention. Orthodoxy whether of the right or of the left is the graveyard of creativity.

  Chinua Achebe

  Creativity, Fire, Sparks

  Chinua Achebe (1988). “Anthills of the Savannah”, p.100, Heinemann

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• Contradiction is the heart and soul of character and drama. You're always looking for it. I loved her so much I hit her; that's character. I loved her so much I hit her again; that's even more character.

  Paul Schrader

  Drama, Heart, Character

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• There were so few black men who were successful and who successfully conveyed black male fear - how America can make you feel crazy, and how America can create interesting levels of contradiction.

  Hilton Als

  Crazy, Successful, Men

  "Hilton Als, Constructing Genre". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 5, 2013.

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• It would take too long to explain the intimate alliance of contradictions in human nature which makes love itself wear at times the desperate shape of betrayal. And perhaps there is no possible explanation.

  Joseph Conrad

  Betrayal, Long, Making Love

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “Under Western Eyes (Unabridged Deluxe Edition): An Intriguing Tale of Espionage and Betrayal in Czarist Russia From the Renowned Author of Heart of Darkness, Nostromo & The Secret Agent (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)”, p.307, e-artnow

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