"One of the distinguishing characteristics of the true work of art is that it is able to both contain and express different meanings - meanings which may in fact contradict each other."

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Source : Wilhelm Max Wundt (1969). “Principles of Physiological Psychology”

Edward Lucie-Smith

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“I think it better to keep a profound silence with regard to the Christian fables, which are canonized by their antiquity and the credulity of absurd and insipid people.”
“I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.”
“I try to be my own player. I really haven't modeled my game after anybody.”
“Speak only if it improves upon the silence.”
“Ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror. By investing in South Dakota's ethanol producers, we will strengthen our energy security and create new jobs.”
“I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad.”
“Fairness is actually not having presumptive negativity written about you and always assuming the worst about you.”
“Nelson Mandela stood up against a great injustice and was willing to pay a huge price for that. That's the reason he's mourned today, because of that struggle that he performed I mean, what he was advocating for was not necessarily the right answer, but he was fighting against some great injustice, and I would make the argument that we have a great injustice going on right now in this country with an ever-increasing size of government that is taking over and controlling people's lives, and Obamacare is front and center in that.”

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