"When somebody says that all statements are false, the obvious problem is that as an assertion it's self-defeating."

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"When somebody says that all statements are false, the obvious problem is that as an assertion it's self-defeating."

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"The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer."

Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist

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"It is obvious that when I shot him I intended to kill him."

Ruth Ellis, British Criminal

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"It was obvious what kind of game they were playing on the set of Amityville."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

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"With everything it has to offer, Las Vegas is an obvious destination for tourists, as proven by the over 40 million visitors the city welcomes per year."

Jon Porter, American Politician

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"The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious."

Andre Gide, French Novelist

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"Sometimes you could tell what it was about - it was interesting - and sometimes it was quite obvious that someone had lost it and it was on an endless loop."

Todd Rundgren, American Musician

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"What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is not obvious? What makes you think that 'theology' is a subject at all?"

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

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"Every once in while, a person will do something obvious and direct that is no more than it appears to be. I think they do it to throw you off."

Steven Brust, American Author

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"It's like our relationship is always about the other side that isn't the obvious side."

Rosario Dawson, American Actress

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"Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

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"I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time."

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"I began demonstrating against serious culture. In hindsight, the actual course of events has been very humiliating for me, because no one picked up on the intellectual critique I made."

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"When somebody says that all statements are false, the obvious problem is that as an assertion it's self-defeating."

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"In classical oil painting, there seemed to be a radical turn to seeing things as the camera sees them, with that technological modification. I began to have a tremendous problem with all of this."

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"I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms."

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"Around 1967 I began backing away from dogmatic Leninism, not so much because I thought it was false, I just decided there was nothing utopian about it."

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"The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It's carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it's dirt in the works of a watch."

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"When I began competing with the other artists in New York, I discovered classical North Indian music."

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"I'm trying to assemble materials for a different mode of life."

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"Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten."

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