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Ambiguity Quotes

"As if violence could make light. Maybe violence could make light."

"As if violence could make light. Maybe violence could make light."

Aspen Matis, American Author

Ambiguity, Violence, Paradox, Darkness, Light

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"If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious."

"If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious."

Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator

Ambiguity, Kingman Brewster

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"Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be."

"Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be."

Roger von Oech, American Author

Ambiguity, World

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"The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood."

"The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood."

Alexander Haig, American Public Servant

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"Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity."

"Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity."

Graham Nelson, English Mathematician

Ambiguity, Being, Resolution, Sensitivity

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"Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with."

"Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

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"I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door."

"I see the poem or the novel ending with an open door."

Michael Ondaatje, Canadian Author

Ambiguity, Ending, Open

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"It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth."

"It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth."

John C. Hawkes, American Novelist

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"The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes."

"The use of the polygraph has done little more than create confusion, ambiguity and mistakes."

Aldrich Ames, American Criminal

Ambiguity, Confusion, Mistakes

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"I don't want to be a vampire' she told herself. But in her dreams, she kind of did."

"I don't want to be a vampire' she told herself. But in her dreams, she kind of did."

Holly Black, American Author

Ambiguity, Desire, Conflict, Fantasy, Identity

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"In sum, every pore of his being oozed one thing okay, FINE. Every pore oozed two things. The first was irrelevant. The second was dangerous."

"In sum, every pore of his being oozed one thing okay, FINE. Every pore oozed two things. The first was irrelevant. The second was dangerous."

G.S. Jennsen, American Author

Ambiguity, Danger, Instinct, Threat

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"The Butcher Boy is a very great novel indeed and a very important Irish novel. The ambiguity of that is, he's writing a book about an appalling situation and he does it in a hilarious way."

"The Butcher Boy is a very great novel indeed and a very important Irish novel. The ambiguity of that is, he's writing a book about an appalling situation and he does it in a hilarious way."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

Ambiguity, Writing

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"It was easier to deal with Tennyson when he was fighting me; but having him on my side was frightening, because now I didn't know who the enemy was."

"It was easier to deal with Tennyson when he was fighting me; but having him on my side was frightening, because now I didn't know who the enemy was."

Neal Shusterman, American Author

Ambiguity, Trust, Alliance, Uncertainty, Conflict

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"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."

"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."

Robert M. Pirsig, American Philosopher

Ambiguity, Appearance, Reality, Observation

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"I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain."

"I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain."

Holly Black, American Author

Ambiguity, Grief, Identity, Conflict, Morality

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